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Sun, Dec 29, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Edmonton Oilers 3, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 78% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2518010323
ANA1621729532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:03EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:49EDMEvan BouchardAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Connor Brown · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:52ANACutter GauthierAssists: Jackson LaCombe · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:10EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman · Slap, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:19ANADrew HellesonUnassisted · Snap, 0.00 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:33ANARobby FabbriAssists: Mason McTavish, Cutter Gauthier · Snap, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. P3 17:24ANARyan StromeGWGAssists: Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:08ANAMason McTavishENAssists: Robby Fabbri · Snap, 0.61 xG3–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:00EDMCorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 7:00ANARoss Johnston: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:36ANAJacob Trouba: Holding2 min
  4. P1 9:41EDMViktor Arvidsson: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 18:41EDMTroy Stecher: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P2 5:11EDMTroy Stecher: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 8:07ANATroy Terry: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 18:57ANARobby Fabbri: Holding2 min
  9. P3 1:48EDMTroy Stecher: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against McTavish
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMANA
23Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals4.7
50Shot attempts61
18Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
13Hits26
14Blocked shots13
8Giveaways17
5Takeaways3

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Draisaitl – McDavid6:35

    xG 0.64–0.53 (55%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Arvidsson – Podkolzin2:15

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid4:47

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Brown – Janmark6:25

    xG 0.06–0.22 (20%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Stecher8:48

    xG 0.57–0.43 (57%)attempts 7–10goals 0–2

  2. Ekholm – Bouchard13:06

    xG 0.60–0.68 (47%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Kulak – Nurse3:49

    xG 0.05–0.30 (13%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – Terry9:14

    xG 0.92–0.61 (60%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Fabbri – McTavish – Gauthier11:22

    xG 0.67–0.38 (64%)attempts 17–8goals 2–0

  3. Killorn – Leason – Carlsson6:27

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Johnston – Harkins – Lundeström4:58

    xG 0.04–0.05 (41%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Trouba13:19

    xG 1.29–0.69 (65%)attempts 16–14goals 2–1

  2. Gudas – LaCombe11:50

    xG 0.58–0.31 (65%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Helleson – Mintyukov11:18

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

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 4.7 xGEDM 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #204 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 78% of the time.

ANA winsEDM wins

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

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