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Sat, Nov 5, 2011·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 0, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 89% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA070609022
DET118218214550

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:04DETNiklas KronwallGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Johan Franzen · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:55DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Johan Franzen, Nicklas Lidstrom · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:45DETNicklas LidstromAssists: Drew Miller, Fabian Brunnstrom · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 1:39DETNicklas LidstromPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Ian White · Slap, 0.03 xG0–4
  5. P3 10:37DETJohan FranzenAssists: Ian White · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:58ANAMaxime Macenauer: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:56ANAKurtis Foster: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:55DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 3:36DETJohan Franzen: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 5:29DETJiri Hudler: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 1:02ANATeemu Selanne: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  7. P3 1:02ANATeemu Selanne: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 1:39ANATeemu Selanne: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P3 13:20ANAKurtis Foster: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 13:51DETFabian Brunnstrom: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 19:03DETJonathan Ericsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADET
22Shots on goal50
1.9Expected goals5.0
33Shot attempts77
25Faceoffs won38
5Power plays4
28Penalty minutes10
29Hits23
14Blocked shots4
6Giveaways8
6Takeaways13

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. bestMcMillan – Holland – Smith-Pelly6:21

    xG 0.19–0.13 (60%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Cogliano – Smith-Pelly3:39

    xG 0.19–0.36 (35%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey2:07

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

  4. Gordon – Beleskey – Macenauer4:05

    xG 0.17–0.52 (25%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Lydman – Visnovsky9:27

    xG 0.53–0.65 (45%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Visnovsky – Fowler2:57

    xG 0.00–0.44 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  3. Foster – Sbisa13:09

    xG 0.43–1.13 (28%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHudler – Abdelkader – Helm8:31

    xG 0.96–0.03 (97%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Filppula – Franzen8:33

    xG 1.03–0.30 (77%)attempts 17–6goals 2–0

  3. Holmstrom – Cleary – Datsyuk10:31

    xG 0.73–0.21 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Emmerton – Brunnstrom7:41

    xG 0.29–0.33 (47%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – White14:55

    xG 1.62–0.36 (82%)attempts 23–6goals 3–0

  2. Stuart – Kronwall16:59

    xG 0.94–0.42 (69%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  3. Commodore – Ericsson12:35

    xG 0.88–0.47 (65%)attempts 18–9goals 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.

DET 5.0 xGANA 1.9 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1156 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DET 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 89% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

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

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