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Tue, Nov 16, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 1, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 53% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0916012127
DAL1701118226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:43DALSteve OttPPAssists: Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:29ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Teemu Selanne, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:24DALBrad RichardsGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, James Neal · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 1:09DALNicklas Grossmann: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 3:03ANAJason Blake: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 6:29DALSteve Ott: Interference2 min
  4. P1 13:48ANAPaul Mara: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P1 15:25DALNicklas Grossmann: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 15:25ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 18:14DALMatt Niskanen: Holding2 min
  8. P2 1:53DALBrandon Segal: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 6:49DALNicklas Grossmann: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  10. P2 12:14ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 12:14DALKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 16:34DALTom Wandell: Delaying game2 min
  13. P2 17:29ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 10:10ANATeemu Selanne: Slashing2 min
  15. P3 12:50ANATeemu Selanne: Elbowing2 min
  16. P3 16:36ANAJason Blake: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 16:36DALMark Fistric: Roughing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
27Shots on goal26
2.9Expected goals2.8
50Shot attempts55
21Faceoffs won29
6Power plays5
22Penalty minutes24
30Hits30
15Blocked shots12
5Giveaways8
1Takeaways8

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. bestSelanne – Koivu – Blake6:57

    xG 0.18–0.05 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan6:23

    xG 0.15–0.04 (79%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Marchant – Ryan – Bonino2:28

    xG 0.12–0.05 (69%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Marchant – Bonino – Palmieri2:19

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky13:19

    xG 0.43–0.21 (68%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Lilja – Sbisa8:35

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Mara – Sbisa2:34

    xG 0.02–0.16 (12%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Burish – Benn8:29

    xG 0.49–0.06 (89%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Eriksson – Neal9:19

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Segal8:05

    xG 0.26–0.36 (43%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Barch – Petersen – Wandell2:06

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkrastins – Niskanen8:02

    xG 0.50–0.13 (79%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Grossmann10:58

    xG 0.44–0.15 (75%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Fistric11:17

    xG 0.13–0.37 (26%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

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 2.8 xGANA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 37/100 · #744 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 53% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

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