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Sun, Nov 5, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vegas Golden Knights 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 58% of the time.

ANA winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VGK110112010232
ANA0601146423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:51VGKIvan BarbashevAssists: Jack Eichel · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:43VGKJack EichelAssists: Shea Theodore, Brayden McNabb · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:38ANAAdam HenriquePPAssists: Cam Fowler, Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:55ANASam CarrickAssists: Pavel Mintyukov · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:20ANAMason McTavishGWGAssists: Frank Vatrano, Ilya Lyubushkin · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:51ANASam CarrickENAssists: Troy Terry, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.45 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:34ANAAdam Henrique: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:34VGKWilliam Carrier: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:30ANASam Carrick: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:17ANAPavel Mintyukov: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:28VGKMark Stone: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:46VGKBrayden Pachal: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:59ANATrevor Zegras: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 11:07ANAIlya Lyubushkin: Interference2 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKANA
32Shots on goal23
3.3Expected goals3.7
60Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
18Hits16
16Blocked shots14
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways5

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestKarlsson – Amadio – Dorofeyev11:25

    xG 0.69–0.38 (64%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Kolesar – Howden – Cotter5:44

    xG 0.24–0.06 (80%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel9:09

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. Stone – Stephenson – Carrier10:32

    xG 0.70–1.14 (38%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Korczak12:09

    xG 0.85–0.19 (82%)attempts 20–5goals 1–0

  2. McNabb – Theodore12:54

    xG 0.67–0.87 (44%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  3. Hutton – Pachal12:52

    xG 0.17–0.43 (28%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – McTavish10:01

    xG 1.15–0.50 (70%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  2. Terry – Zegras – Carlsson9:22

    xG 0.54–0.09 (86%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Johnston – Leason4:05

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Henrique – Silfverberg11:35

    xG 0.37–0.74 (33%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLyubushkin – Mintyukov14:19

    xG 1.61–1.01 (62%)attempts 16–15goals 2–0

  2. Gudas – LaCombe2:27

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – LaCombe12:04

    xG 0.09–0.30 (23%)attempts 6–10goals 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.

ANA 3.7 xGVGK 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #403 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 58% of the time.

ANA winsVGK wins

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

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