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Sat, Oct 23, 2010·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 4, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 87% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1627112425
DET114212215541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:42DETHenrik ZetterbergPPAssists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom · Slap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:38ANABobby RyanAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:34ANARyan CarterAssists: Todd Marchant, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:08ANADanny SyvretAssists: Bobby Ryan, Troy Bodie · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:23DETJohan FranzenAssists: Todd Bertuzzi, Valtteri Filppula · Tip-in, 0.24 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:08DETTomas HolmstromAssists: Brad Stuart, Henrik Zetterberg · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:32ANATeemu SelanneUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 11:17DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Brad Stuart, Nicklas Lidstrom · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:48DETPavel DatsyukGWGAssists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:01ANALubomir Visnovsky: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:16ANACorey Perry: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:19ANASaku Koivu: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 15:39DETDarren Helm: Hooking2 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 SOG0DET
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADET
25Shots on goal41
1.5Expected goals4.1
45Shot attempts73
24Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
32Hits18
17Blocked shots11
10Giveaways7
4Takeaways6

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. bestRyan – Carter – Sexton2:15

    xG 0.25–0.03 (88%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Marchant – Ryan – Carter9:02

    xG 0.36–0.28 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Bodie – Chipchura – Beleskey3:03

    xG 0.03–0.10 (21%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey15:00

    xG 0.34–0.63 (35%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brookbank – Syvret12:03

    xG 0.43–0.46 (48%)attempts 17–14goals 2–0

  2. Lilja – Brookbank2:22

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Mara – Syvret3:16

    xG 0.01–0.28 (5%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHolmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg14:09

    xG 1.02–0.20 (84%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Filppula – Franzen13:44

    xG 1.12–0.32 (78%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  3. Eaves – Miller – Helm8:02

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  4. Modano – Cleary – Hudler9:41

    xG 0.28–0.57 (33%)attempts 10–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJanik – Kronwall12:30

    xG 1.12–0.27 (80%)attempts 16–11goals 1–2

  2. Lidstrom – Stuart15:49

    xG 0.85–0.37 (69%)attempts 17–9goals 3–1

  3. Salei – Kronwall9:52

    xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 9–6goals 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.

DET 4.1 xGANA 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #33 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.54 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 87% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).