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Fri, Dec 3, 2010·Honda Center, Anaheim

Detroit Red Wings 4, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 74% of the time.

ANA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1828113429
ANA015011015041

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:09DETJohan FranzenGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:02DETTomas HolmstromAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:26DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Brian Rafalski · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P3 19:29DETValtteri FilppulaAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Johan Franzen · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:45DETJonathan Ericsson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:33DETPavel Datsyuk: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 1:25DETTodd Bertuzzi: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 5:45ANAJason Blake: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETANA
29Shots on goal41
4.1Expected goals2.6
48Shot attempts57
18Faceoffs won23
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
16Hits21
9Blocked shots7
11Giveaways16
5Takeaways5

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHolmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg6:52

    xG 0.68–0.19 (78%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Hudler – Miller – Abdelkader5:39

    xG 0.45–0.03 (93%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Holmstrom – Eaves – Helm5:01

    xG 0.55–0.39 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Filppula – Franzen13:39

    xG 0.61–0.45 (57%)attempts 10–16goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalei – Kronwall14:17

    xG 0.89–0.17 (84%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Lidstrom – Stuart15:01

    xG 0.97–0.69 (59%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  3. Rafalski – Ericsson17:16

    xG 1.11–1.07 (51%)attempts 14–21goals 3–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeleskey – Bonino – McMillan7:50

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan13:29

    xG 0.42–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey2:58

    xG 0.14–0.41 (25%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  4. Marchant – Parros – Chipchura8:13

    xG 0.57–0.99 (37%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky17:59

    xG 0.96–0.81 (54%)attempts 17–10goals 0–2

  2. Sutton – Sbisa11:35

    xG 0.53–0.86 (38%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

  3. Mara – Fowler15:45

    xG 0.53–1.12 (32%)attempts 16–15goals 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.

ANA 2.6 xGDET 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANADET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1185 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 74% of the time.

ANA winsDET wins

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

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