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Sun, Dec 22, 2024·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Anaheim Ducks 5, Utah Hockey Club 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 73% of the time.

UTA winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA1911128021530
UTA292807010425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:26UTAClayton KellerAssists: Juuso Välimäki, Barrett Hayton · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:56ANARobby FabbriAssists: Mason McTavish · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:09UTABarrett HaytonAssists: Olli Maatta, Clayton Keller · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:39UTALogan CooleyPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev · Slap, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:57UTAClayton KellerAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Nick Schmaltz · Snap, 0.34 xG1–4
  6. P2 10:49ANAIsac LundeströmAssists: Olen Zellweger, Jansen Harkins · Snap, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:35ANARobby FabbriAssists: Cutter Gauthier, Pavel Mintyukov · Deflected, 0.18 xG3–4
  8. P3 15:15ANABrett LeasonPPAssists: Cutter Gauthier, Olen Zellweger · Snap, 0.17 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. UTA Nick Schmaltz stopped
  2. 2. ANA Troy Terry stopped
  3. 3. UTA Clayton Keller stopped
  4. 4. ANA Brock McGinn stopped
  5. 5. UTA Nick Bjugstad stopped
  6. 6. ANA Mason McTavish scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 9:04ANACutter Gauthier: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:43ANAMason McTavish: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:45UTALogan Cooley: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  4. P2 1:21ANARyan Strome: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:06UTAJack McBain: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:24UTAMichael Kesselring: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:26UTADakota Mermis: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:56UTAAlexander Kerfoot: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 4:48ANALeo Carlsson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 7:35ANARobby Fabbri: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 13:31UTALogan Cooley: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0UTA
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Carlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAUTA
30Shots on goal25
2.3Expected goals3.7
66Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won36
6Power plays5
10Penalty minutes12
19Hits13
20Blocked shots25
10Giveaways17
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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHarkins – Lundeström – Leason6:03

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – McGinn – Carlsson6:50

    xG 0.09–0.12 (41%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Fabbri – McTavish – Gauthier10:35

    xG 0.61–0.85 (42%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  4. Strome – Vatrano – Terry9:49

    xG 0.60–0.96 (38%)attempts 12–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Mintyukov8:26

    xG 0.56–0.40 (59%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – LaCombe2:17

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Zellweger13:30

    xG 0.32–0.49 (39%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Keller – Hayton10:00

    xG 0.92–0.24 (79%)attempts 17–7goals 2–0

  2. Kerfoot – Stenlund – Carcone5:27

    xG 0.71–0.14 (84%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli7:45

    xG 0.20–0.05 (79%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. McBain – Guenther – Cooley7:02

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Kesselring13:07

    xG 0.56–0.45 (56%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Mermis – Välimäki7:09

    xG 0.69–0.62 (53%)attempts 9–12goals 1–2

  3. Maatta – Sergachev12:39

    xG 0.14–0.16 (47%)attempts 6–16goals 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.

UTA 3.7 xGANA 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTAANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #95 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 73% of the time.

UTA winsANA wins

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

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