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Tue, Oct 26, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 5, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 79% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0739210526
DAL11401617237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:06DALLoui ErikssonPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Brad Richards · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:28ANABobby RyanAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Toni Lydman · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:30ANABobby RyanAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:23ANAGeorge ParrosGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P3 6:08DALBrian SutherbyAssists: Brandon Segal, Toby Petersen · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:11ANATeemu SelannePPAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.29 xG4–2
  7. P3 15:30ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Teemu Selanne, Toni Lydman · Wrist, 0.28 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 15:51ANAPaul Mara: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:57ANARyan Carter: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 7:59ANASaku Koivu: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 8:27DALBrenden Morrow: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:42ANAAndreas Lilja: Holding2 min
  6. P2 17:30ANALubomir Visnovsky: Interference2 min
  7. P3 8:38DALBrad Richards: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 10:24DALStephane Robidas: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P3 10:24DALStephane Robidas: Boarding5 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Petersen won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
26Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals4.0
44Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes19
27Hits23
14Blocked shots7
5Giveaways13
6Takeaways9

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. bestParros – Voros – Chipchura5:25

    xG 0.21–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Marchant – Bodie – Carter9:42

    xG 0.20–0.24 (46%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – Ryan9:01

    xG 0.30–0.36 (45%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey11:06

    xG 0.23–1.04 (18%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lilja – Brookbank10:58

    xG 0.47–0.44 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  2. Mara – Syvret12:58

    xG 0.16–0.42 (28%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Lydman – Visnovsky17:05

    xG 0.40–1.42 (22%)attempts 13–19goals 2–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Burish10:26

    xG 1.33–0.23 (85%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Petersen – Sutherby – Segal5:54

    xG 0.33–0.04 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Eriksson – Neal11:33

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Ott – Wandell – Benn10:06

    xG 0.10–0.31 (23%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann12:59

    xG 0.59–0.21 (74%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Skrastins – Daley2:31

    xG 0.17–0.16 (51%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Skrastins – Niskanen9:38

    xG 0.29–0.32 (47%)attempts 7–7goals 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.

DAL 4.0 xGANA 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #542 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 79% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

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