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Mon, Dec 19, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 3, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 82% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0103909328
DAL1829216533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:06DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Steve Ott · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:19DALAlex GoligoskiPPAssists: Sheldon Souray, Loui Eriksson · Slap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:43DALMike RibeiroPPAssists: Brenden Morrow, Stephane Robidas · Slap, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:30ANATeemu SelannePPAssists: Corey Perry, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:49ANALubomir VisnovskyPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Teemu Selanne · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:27ANANick BoninoAssists: Cam Fowler, Matt Beleskey · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 6:42DALMichael RyderGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–4
  8. P3 14:19DALEric NystromAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Radek Dvorak · Slap, 0.05 xG3–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 10:08DALVernon Fiddler: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:11ANALuca Sbisa: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:32ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:05ANAToni Lydman: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:19DALMark Fistric: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:14ANALuca Sbisa: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 13:25DALSteve Ott: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:09ANARyan Getzlaf: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:05DALMike Ribeiro: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 19:05ANACorey Perry: Misconduct10 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
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ott won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
28Shots on goal33
1.5Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts59
25Faceoffs won32
3Power plays5
20Penalty minutes16
22Hits25
14Blocked shots13
6Giveaways7
6Takeaways8

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. bestBeleskey – Bonino – Palmieri10:59

    xG 0.45–0.23 (66%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Hagman – Getzlaf – Perry11:49

    xG 0.43–0.28 (61%)attempts 17–10goals 0–2

  3. Parros – Gordon – Pelley3:52

    xG 0.02–0.17 (12%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Ryan – Cogliano13:30

    xG 0.21–1.18 (15%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Fowler18:26

    xG 0.47–0.57 (45%)attempts 22–12goals 1–1

  2. Brookbank – Sbisa11:34

    xG 0.25–0.69 (27%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  3. Lydman – Visnovsky13:43

    xG 0.26–1.09 (19%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Ott12:24

    xG 1.01–0.46 (68%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. Ryder – Eriksson – Benn11:46

    xG 0.72–0.21 (77%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  3. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom11:38

    xG 0.41–0.28 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Petersen – Dowell – Wandell4:45

    xG 0.10–0.02 (82%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Goligoski14:49

    xG 0.81–0.20 (80%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Grossmann15:13

    xG 0.79–0.35 (69%)attempts 13–17goals 0–1

  3. Souray – Robidas15:26

    xG 0.71–0.44 (62%)attempts 15–16goals 2–0

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.

DAL 3.4 xGANA 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 88/100 · #120 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 82% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).