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Tue, Jan 10, 2012·Honda Center, Anaheim

Dallas Stars 2, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 71% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0120828228
ANA1716313526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:30ANASaku KoivuAssists: Toni Lydman · Deflected, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:22ANALuca SbisaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:39DALSteve OttAssists: Michael Ryder, Nicklas Grossmann · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:43DALAlex GoligoskiAssists: Steve Ott, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:32ANASaku KoivuGWGAssists: Teemu Selanne, Francois Beauchemin · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:40ANAMatt BeleskeyAssists: Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:06ANASaku KoivuENAssists: Teemu Selanne, Niklas Hagman · Wrist, 0.63 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:58ANASheldon Brookbank: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 13:44DALJake Dowell: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:08ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:10ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:51DALSheldon Souray: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 19:15DALAdam Pardy: Hooking2 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
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
28Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals3.2
63Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
27Hits21
13Blocked shots17
12Giveaways12
4Takeaways10

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. bestRyder – Ott – Benn10:33

    xG 0.55–0.33 (63%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  2. Burish – Dowell – Benn4:07

    xG 0.11–0.09 (54%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  3. Morrow – Eriksson – Wandell12:52

    xG 0.25–0.38 (39%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom8:24

    xG 0.17–0.44 (28%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSouray – Daley2:52

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Souray – Robidas2:27

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Goligoski2:13

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Hagman10:30

    xG 0.54–0.26 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Blake – Cogliano – Bonino11:35

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Pelley – Beleskey – Palmieri4:34

    xG 0.02–0.12 (16%)attempts 3–5goals 1–1

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan12:38

    xG 0.23–0.59 (28%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Sbisa12:42

    xG 0.88–0.36 (71%)attempts 16–12goals 2–0

  2. Lydman – Brookbank12:54

    xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. Beauchemin – Fowler15:54

    xG 0.48–0.60 (44%)attempts 12–20goals 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 3.2 xGDAL 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 70/100 · #335 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 71% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

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

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