Skip to content
Ice Lab

Thu, Feb 7, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Anaheim Ducks 0, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01709019045
OTT18116211435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:23OTTBrady TkachukGWGAssists: Mark Stone, Colin White · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:08OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Chris Tierney, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:26OTTMark StoneAssists: Chris Tierney, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:29OTTMatt DucheneENAssists: Cody Ceci, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.67 xG0–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:48OTTColin White: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 1:27ANACam Fowler: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 2:17OTTBrady Tkachuk: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 15:58OTTBobby Ryan: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAOTT
45Shots on goal35
2.7Expected goals3.9
86Shot attempts59
29Faceoffs won18
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
22Hits32
14Blocked shots26
10Giveaways10
1Takeaways3

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. bestGrant – Gibbons – Rowney6:25

    xG 0.35–0.08 (81%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Ritchie – Sprong11:33

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell11:47

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  4. Getzlaf – Silfverberg – Rakell2:26

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Montour16:19

    xG 0.36–0.26 (58%)attempts 22–13goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Lindholm2:17

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  3. Del Zotto – Megna6:58

    xG 0.56–0.56 (50%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – White – Tkachuk11:44

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Paajarvi – Pageau11:11

    xG 0.19–0.32 (37%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Duchene – Dzingel10:06

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 9–23goals 0–0

  4. Tierney – Rodewald – Balcers3:13

    xG 0.03–0.32 (9%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot18:02

    xG 1.45–0.90 (62%)attempts 23–29goals 2–0

  2. Goloubef – Borowiecki11:43

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Lajoie14:45

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

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.

OTT 3.9 xGANA 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1227 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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