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Wed, Mar 23, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 4, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA061122711426
DAL09172901326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:56ANALubomir VisnovskyPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:57DALAlex GoligoskiPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Brad Richards · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:29DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Jamie Langenbrunner, Brad Richards · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:40ANACorey PerryAssists: Bobby Ryan · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:21DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Steve Ott · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:53ANATeemu SelanneAssists: Saku Koivu, Lubomir Visnovsky · Snap, 0.21 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:42ANACam FowlerGWGAssists: Bobby Ryan, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:49DALBrenden Morrow: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:35ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Delaying game2 min
  3. P1 19:13DALTrevor Daley: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:59ANASheldon Brookbank: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:33DALAlex Goligoski: Delaying game2 min
  6. P3 12:03ANAJason Blake: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 13:05DALBrenden Morrow: Interference2 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 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
26Shots on goal26
2.3Expected goals2.4
50Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
33Hits33
12Blocked shots12
11Giveaways15
7Takeaways14

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. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan12:24

    xG 0.74–0.28 (73%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Winchester – McMillan – Sexton7:00

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – Blake13:13

    xG 0.26–0.23 (54%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrookbank – Fowler6:44

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Visnovsky15:52

    xG 0.44–0.35 (56%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Sbisa14:33

    xG 0.55–0.51 (52%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestLangenbrunner – Richards – Eriksson10:58

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Ott – Benn – Vincour3:47

    xG 0.19–0.04 (84%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Segal2:57

    xG 0.07–0.02 (77%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Petersen – Williams – Wandell4:43

    xG 0.05–0.13 (27%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLukowich – Fistric9:12

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Woywitka – Daley19:40

    xG 0.55–0.52 (52%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Goligoski14:51

    xG 0.40–0.68 (37%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

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 2.4 xGANA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 94/100 · #55 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.81 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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