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Mon, Nov 12, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Nashville Predators 1, Anaheim Ducks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NSH010051100101135
ANA0101907042230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:30ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Rickard Rakell, Hampus Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:07NSHKevin FialaAssists: Kyle Turris, Craig Smith · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Pontus Aberg scored
  2. 2. NSH Kyle Turris scored
  3. 3. ANA Ondrej Kase stopped
  4. 4. NSH Filip Forsberg stopped
  5. 5. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
  6. 6. NSH Ryan Ellis stopped
  7. 7. ANA Rickard Rakell scored
  8. 8. NSH Kevin Fiala stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:45ANAAndrew Cogliano: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 9:41NSHMattias Ekholm: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:09ANAAdam Henrique: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 2:06ANARyan Getzlaf: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 5:11NSHKevin Fiala: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 6:48ANARyan Kesler: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 13:25ANAJosh Manson: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 13:25NSHZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 4:49ANABrian Gibbons: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 12:48ANAPontus Aberg: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. OT 2:51ANAJakob Silfverberg: Slashing2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHANA
35Shots on goal30
3.5Expected goals3.3
63Shot attempts56
34Faceoffs won42
7Power plays2
9Penalty minutes19
17Hits6
10Blocked shots18
13Giveaways16
4Takeaways0

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. Turris – Smith – Fiala6:04

    xG 0.20–0.25 (44%)attempts 10–3goals 1–1

  2. Johansen – Forsberg – Sissons9:45

    xG 0.26–0.47 (36%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Bonino – Salomaki – Hartman11:40

    xG 0.03–0.63 (4%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Weber – Irwin2:19

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Ekholm2:34

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Subban – Ekholm14:31

    xG 0.26–0.77 (25%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Rakell – Aberg14:40

    xG 0.79–0.31 (72%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

  2. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase11:46

    xG 0.50–0.15 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:37

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Gibbons – Kossila – Sherwood4:51

    xG 0.02–0.07 (20%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Montour2:57

    xG 0.45–0.04 (92%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Montour8:45

    xG 0.38–0.02 (95%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Larsson12:13

    xG 0.38–0.11 (77%)attempts 13–7goals 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 3.3 xGNSH 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #675 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsNSH wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).