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Sat, Mar 30, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 5, Edmonton Oilers 1

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.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA111311116538
EDM0809114131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:17ANACorey PerryAssists: Adam Henrique, Hampus Lindholm · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:21ANARickard RakellGWGAssists: Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:48ANARickard RakellAssists: Sam Steel, Korbinian Holzer · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:13ANARickard RakellAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Hampus Lindholm · Snap, 0.02 xG4–0
  5. P3 1:29ANADevin ShoreAssists: Sam Carrick · Snap, 0.05 xG5–0
  6. P3 13:09EDMSam GagnerAssists: Milan Lucic, Oscar Klefbom · Slap, 0.05 xG5–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 9:47ANAHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 17:42EDMJoseph Gambardella: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 16:43ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 16:43EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Grant
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAEDM
38Shots on goal31
2.9Expected goals2.3
55Shot attempts56
23Faceoffs won32
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
26Hits33
16Blocked shots11
5Giveaways16
6Takeaways8

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 – Rowney – Jones10:49

    xG 0.60–0.23 (72%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Shore – Sherwood10:48

    xG 0.74–0.47 (61%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Henrique – De Leo10:02

    xG 0.45–0.27 (63%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  4. Silfverberg – Rakell – Steel12:15

    xG 0.66–0.75 (47%)attempts 13–11goals 3–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Larsson7:21

    xG 1.22–0.51 (71%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Holzer – Lindholm11:07

    xG 0.91–0.51 (64%)attempts 15–10goals 3–1

  3. Holzer – Welinski9:25

    xG 0.10–0.11 (46%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Gagner – Cave5:04

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–1goals 1–0

  2. Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira4:36

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins2:00

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Khaira – Cave3:59

    xG 0.05–0.09 (35%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom16:20

    xG 0.58–0.51 (53%)attempts 15–18goals 1–2

  2. Russell – Nurse19:21

    xG 0.77–1.09 (41%)attempts 17–11goals 0–2

  3. Sekera – Benning13:03

    xG 0.13–0.98 (11%)attempts 10–18goals 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 2.3 xGANA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1085 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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

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