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Wed, Mar 2, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Detroit Red Wings 1, Anaheim Ducks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET0311501001129
ANA080101911228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:10DETPavel DatsyukPPAssists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom · Snap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:54ANAJason BlakeAssists: Teemu Selanne, Lubomir Visnovsky · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:50ANABobby RyanGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 4:01ANABrandon McMillan: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:07DETTodd Bertuzzi: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:41ANAAndreas Lilja: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:45DETHenrik Zetterberg: Interference2 min
  5. P1 16:26ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 16:53ANAToni Lydman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 0:33ANAToni Lydman: Interference2 min
  8. P2 2:13DETDaniel Cleary: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 4:34ANABrad Winchester: Interference2 min · PPG
  10. P2 18:19DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  11. P3 7:51ANARyan Getzlaf: High sticking2 min
  12. P3 16:36ANAAndreas Lilja: Holding the stick2 min
  13. P3 19:47ANATeemu Selanne: Too many men on the ice2 min
  14. OT 2:50DETRuslan Salei: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETANA
29Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals2.7
60Shot attempts46
27Faceoffs won29
9Power plays4
8Penalty minutes18
17Hits37
8Blocked shots13
13Giveaways11
9Takeaways5

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. bestBertuzzi – Zetterberg – Franzen6:17

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Modano – Holmstrom – Filppula5:26

    xG 0.08–0.01 (85%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Filppula – Abdelkader2:13

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Abdelkader – Helm5:37

    xG 0.38–0.46 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson11:43

    xG 0.70–0.14 (83%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Ericsson3:01

    xG 0.17–0.05 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Salei – Kindl8:22

    xG 0.27–0.19 (59%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan12:10

    xG 0.75–0.65 (54%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Marchant – Winchester – Sexton2:24

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Marchant – Ruutu – Sexton3:13

    xG 0.01–0.05 (21%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – McMillan – Sexton2:09

    xG 0.03–0.12 (22%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Sbisa11:17

    xG 0.36–0.28 (57%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Lilja – Fowler9:40

    xG 0.24–0.34 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Lydman – Visnovsky9:08

    xG 0.45–0.56 (45%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

ANA 2.7 xGDET 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 49/100 · #589 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 54% 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).