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Sun, Apr 3, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Dallas Stars 4, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21221306431
ANA2916012327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:27ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Bobby Ryan, Corey Perry · Slap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:13DALJeff WoywitkaAssists: Brenden Morrow, Loui Eriksson · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:07DALMike RibeiroAssists: Brenden Morrow, Jeff Woywitka · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:41ANALubomir VisnovskyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:20DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Jamie Langenbrunner, Tom Wandell · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:04DALMike RibeiroPPGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P2 18:43ANACorey PerrySHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:15ANABobby Ryan: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:06ANABrad Winchester: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 0:48DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 1:28DALTom Wandell: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 8:33ANACorey Perry: Holding2 min
  6. P2 12:59ANAJarkko Ruutu: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 14:41ANAToni Lydman: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 16:57ANAGeorge Parros: Holding2 min
  9. P3 18:59DALJamie Benn: Slashing2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
31Shots on goal27
2.3Expected goals2.3
57Shot attempts49
32Faceoffs won30
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
18Hits25
11Blocked shots17
11Giveaways10
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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Ott12:56

    xG 0.64–0.38 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 2–1

  2. Langenbrunner – Petersen – Wandell10:34

    xG 0.20–0.12 (62%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Barch – Williams – Segal4:04

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Eriksson – Benn12:07

    xG 0.40–0.57 (42%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLukowich – Goligoski7:26

    xG 0.46–0.16 (74%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Woywitka – Daley9:33

    xG 0.41–0.13 (76%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  3. Robidas – Skrastins15:33

    xG 0.31–0.27 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan17:46

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Blake12:26

    xG 0.58–0.39 (60%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Marchant – Beleskey – McMillan4:22

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Marchant – Ruutu – Parros2:21

    xG 0.03–0.06 (35%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Sbisa10:48

    xG 0.44–0.31 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  2. Beauchemin – Fowler3:41

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Brookbank – Fowler9:00

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

ANA 2.3 xGDAL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANADAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #408 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 51% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

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

-7
-6
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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