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Fri, Feb 9, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Edmonton Oilers 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM01411216232
ANA111113110334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:28ANAHampus LindholmUnassisted · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:50ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:58EDMAnton SlepyshevUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:04ANARyan KeslerGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Andrew Cogliano · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:55EDMKris RussellAssists: Connor McDavid, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:51EDMPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:51ANAKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 5:16ANAJosh Manson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:38ANAAndrew Cogliano: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 18:36EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:29EDMMilan Lucic: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 11:16ANARickard Rakell: Too many men on the ice2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMANA
32Shots on goal34
3.1Expected goals3.4
63Shot attempts57
27Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
18Hits28
9Blocked shots14
14Giveaways10
5Takeaways4

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLetestu – Pakarinen – Slepyshev7:52

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Lucic – Draisaitl – Caggiula6:05

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – McDavid – Puljujarvi11:11

    xG 0.88–0.85 (51%)attempts 13–13goals 0–2

  4. Lucic – Slepyshev – Draisaitl2:33

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Klefbom12:07

    xG 0.89–0.62 (59%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Klefbom – Benning5:46

    xG 0.47–0.23 (67%)attempts 10–2goals 1–1

  3. Davidson – Benning3:58

    xG 0.17–0.00 (98%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:47

    xG 0.90–0.57 (61%)attempts 12–13goals 2–1

  2. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase11:20

    xG 0.54–0.53 (51%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell14:46

    xG 0.80–0.79 (50%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  4. Vermette – Wagner – Brown6:33

    xG 0.13–0.54 (19%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm15:54

    xG 1.32–0.89 (60%)attempts 20–15goals 2–1

  2. Bieksa – Fowler13:48

    xG 0.56–0.48 (54%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Montour11:57

    xG 0.61–0.85 (42%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

ANA 3.4 xGEDM 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #906 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

Simulated goal difference (ANA − EDM), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).