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Wed, Nov 13, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 63% of the time.

ANA winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VGK18114117339
ANA1905110224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:39ANABrock McGinnAssists: Pavel Mintyukov, Brett Leason · Snap, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:11VGKNicolas RoyAssists: Shea Theodore, Cole Schwindt · Snap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:43VGKTomas HertlPPAssists: Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:29VGKPavel DorofeyevGWGUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:46ANAFrank VatranoAssists: Brett Leason, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:57ANARadko Gudas: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:28ANABrett Leason: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:26VGKJack Eichel: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:56VGKGrigori Denisenko: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 11:51VGKBrett Howden: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 17:31ANAAlex Killorn: Holding2 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
43% to win57% to win
← VGK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Harkins won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKANA
39Shots on goal24
3.9Expected goals3.0
72Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won21
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits20
17Blocked shots16
18Giveaways21
3Takeaways1

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. bestHertl – Kolesar – Roy6:31

    xG 0.47–0.10 (82%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Pearson – Howden2:05

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Kolesar – Roy – Schwindt2:47

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Karlsson – Pearson – Denisenko2:39

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Whitecloud14:13

    xG 0.63–0.21 (75%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. McNabb – Theodore15:34

    xG 1.08–0.73 (60%)attempts 23–16goals 1–0

  3. Pietrangelo – Hanifin16:41

    xG 1.14–1.08 (51%)attempts 25–20goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Lundeström – Leason9:39

    xG 0.96–0.53 (64%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

  2. Killorn – Strome – Carlsson10:20

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Vatrano – Terry – Zegras11:55

    xG 0.43–0.90 (32%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  4. Johnston – Harkins – Gauthier6:57

    xG 0.12–0.76 (13%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Mintyukov15:21

    xG 1.16–1.01 (53%)attempts 18–18goals 1–1

  2. Vaakanainen – Zellweger11:26

    xG 0.51–0.57 (47%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – LaCombe16:25

    xG 0.27–0.90 (23%)attempts 13–24goals 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 3.0 xGVGK 3.9 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 32/100 · #887 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50ANA 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, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 63% of the time.

ANA winsVGK wins

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

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