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Tue, Jan 24, 2012·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 0, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 74% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0100908027
DAL130409116

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:41DALAlex GoligoskiGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Loui Eriksson · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 7:41ANARod Pelley: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 7:41DALJake Dowell: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 8:36DALTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:56ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 12:56DALStephane Robidas: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:03DALEric Nystrom: Tripping2 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 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
27Shots on goal16
2.3Expected goals1.1
69Shot attempts33
27Faceoffs won26
2Power plays0
7Penalty minutes11
13Hits21
13Blocked shots27
7Giveaways8
4Takeaways9

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. bestSelanne – Koivu – Hagman7:50

    xG 0.35–0.10 (77%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Blake – Cogliano – Bonino7:44

    xG 0.31–0.12 (72%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  3. Selanne – Koivu – Blake3:21

    xG 0.13–0.04 (79%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan13:59

    xG 0.37–0.30 (55%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Fowler19:35

    xG 0.75–0.24 (76%)attempts 24–13goals 0–1

  2. Lydman – Brookbank12:55

    xG 0.24–0.15 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Visnovsky – Sbisa16:01

    xG 0.22–0.42 (34%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRibeiro – Ryder – Eriksson15:37

    xG 0.36–0.19 (66%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  2. Dowell – Vincour – Fraser3:15

    xG 0.05–0.09 (33%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom11:10

    xG 0.02–0.07 (18%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Burish – Wandell11:30

    xG 0.11–0.55 (17%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Goligoski – Larsen15:42

    xG 0.28–0.32 (47%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  2. Souray – Robidas14:59

    xG 0.02–0.09 (18%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Grossmann17:44

    xG 0.34–0.85 (29%)attempts 10–23goals 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.

DAL 1.1 xGANA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 0/100 · #1229 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 74% 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).