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Thu, Jan 16, 2020·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Anaheim Ducks 4, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 64% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA2141914427
NSH11401417235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:01ANAJosh MansonAssists: Ondrej Kase, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:22ANAAdam HenriquePPAssists: Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.48 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:56NSHViktor ArvidssonAssists: Roman Josi, Rocco Grimaldi · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:52ANARickard RakellGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:03ANADerek GrantSHAssists: Carter Rowney, Josh Manson · Backhand, 0.17 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:22NSHMikael GranlundSHAssists: Jarred Tinordi · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 11:45NSHDante Fabbro: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 6:22ANANicolas Deslauriers: Holding2 min
  3. P3 14:36NSHRocco Grimaldi: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANSH
27Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals2.3
46Shot attempts58
38Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
15Hits8
12Blocked shots9
4Giveaways9
5Takeaways8

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 – Rakell – Sprong12:01

    xG 0.71–0.60 (54%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  2. Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney8:28

    xG 0.23–0.14 (61%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Kase – Steel – Jones13:38

    xG 0.34–0.29 (54%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  4. Henrique – Silfverberg – De Leo12:56

    xG 0.24–0.84 (22%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson17:52

    xG 1.08–0.43 (72%)attempts 20–14goals 2–0

  2. Holzer – Larsson12:24

    xG 0.10–0.36 (22%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Lindholm18:39

    xG 0.32–1.18 (21%)attempts 12–21goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Grimaldi – Arvidsson12:41

    xG 0.92–0.15 (86%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Jarnkrok – Johansen8:33

    xG 0.68–0.31 (69%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  3. Turris – Blackwell – Trenin7:34

    xG 0.11–0.19 (38%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg13:49

    xG 0.29–0.59 (33%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Ekholm18:04

    xG 1.00–0.26 (79%)attempts 22–12goals 0–1

  2. Josi – Fabbro21:06

    xG 0.82–0.79 (51%)attempts 23–16goals 1–1

  3. Weber – Tinordi11:39

    xG 0.13–0.23 (36%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

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.

NSH 2.3 xGANA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #669 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NSH 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 64% of the time.

NSH winsANA wins

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

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