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Sat, Jan 29, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Anaheim Ducks 2, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 81% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1120414220
OTT111018016145

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:19ANARickard RakellAssists: Josh Manson, Sam Steel · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:56OTTTyler EnnisAssists: Lassi Thomson, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:42ANATroy TerryGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:35OTTAdam Gaudette: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:35ANAMaxime Comtois: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:58OTTAustin Watson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 10:10OTTJoshua Brown: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:10ANABuddy Robinson: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 12:36OTTThomas Chabot: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:38ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  8. P3 1:20ANAHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 7:00ANAMaxime Comtois: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAOTT
20Shots on goal45
2.1Expected goals4.1
38Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
16Penalty minutes14
17Hits31
15Blocked shots7
12Giveaways15
8Takeaways9

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. bestHenrique – Carrick – Zegras6:47

    xG 0.50–0.34 (59%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Grant – Silfverberg – Lundeström8:25

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Robinson – Steel – Comtois4:14

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Silfverberg – Steel – Comtois2:06

    xG 0.18–0.29 (39%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson4:47

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Benoit2:22

    xG 0.22–0.12 (64%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Benoit3:04

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Gaudette – Formenton5:57

    xG 1.01–0.32 (76%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Ennis – Tkachuk – Stützle12:08

    xG 0.42–0.48 (47%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Watson – Paul – Sanford9:29

    xG 0.19–0.40 (32%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Bishop – Kastelic – Sokolov4:50

    xG 0.18–0.48 (27%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Thomson18:11

    xG 1.46–0.87 (63%)attempts 28–12goals 1–0

  2. Holden – Zub14:59

    xG 1.01–0.45 (69%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Mete8:10

    xG 0.27–0.49 (36%)attempts 6–9goals 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.

OTT 4.1 xGANA 2.1 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 21/100 · #1072 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 81% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

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

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