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Sun, Mar 25, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 5, Edmonton Oilers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA0111432211538
EDM0123141600432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:46EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:05ANAJosh MansonAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:44EDMTy RattieAssists: Matt Benning, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:18EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Ethan Bear, Jujhar Khaira · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:55ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:51ANACorey PerryAssists: Cam Fowler, Rickard Rakell · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:42EDMEthan BearPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:31ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Brandon Montour, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.28 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:21ANAHampus LindholmGWGAssists: Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.13 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:35ANAChris Kelly: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:24ANAAdam Henrique: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 19:45EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:41ANAHampus Lindholm: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:15EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:00ANANick Ritchie: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
38Shots on goal32
4.3Expected goals3.4
71Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
24Hits26
8Blocked shots19
17Giveaways15
11Takeaways7

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Rakell15:36

    xG 1.20–0.89 (58%)attempts 18–14goals 1–1

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg11:11

    xG 0.69–0.46 (60%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

  3. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase9:40

    xG 1.32–1.13 (54%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Kelly – Grant3:32

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Montour16:42

    xG 1.76–1.10 (61%)attempts 22–18goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm18:05

    xG 0.59–0.29 (67%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  3. Beauchemin – Pettersson9:34

    xG 0.54–1.22 (31%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Strome – Puljujarvi9:40

    xG 1.60–1.08 (60%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Aberg – Khaira – Draisaitl3:02

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Pakarinen – Khaira – Slepyshev6:36

    xG 0.24–0.31 (44%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. Aberg – Draisaitl – Caggiula9:57

    xG 0.40–0.51 (44%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Bear14:07

    xG 1.22–0.90 (58%)attempts 15–15goals 0–2

  2. Nurse – Bear2:21

    xG 0.10–0.12 (45%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Benning10:58

    xG 0.45–1.05 (30%)attempts 12–19goals 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.

EDM 3.4 xGANA 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #22 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.84 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 62% of the time.

EDM winsANA wins

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

-7
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-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).