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Sat, Mar 10, 2012·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 0, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA080607021
DAL061918223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:37DALBrenden MorrowPPGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Steve Ott · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:14DALMichael RyderENAssists: Loui Eriksson, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.60 xG0–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:05DALMark Fistric: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:05ANACorey Perry: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 0:36ANASheldon Brookbank: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 2:01ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:11ANARyan Getzlaf: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 10:18DALStephane Robidas: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 12:43DALBrenden Morrow: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:23ANAFrancois Beauchemin: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 5:29DALBrenden Morrow: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 14:44DALBrenden Morrow: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 14:49ANATeemu Selanne: Holding the stick2 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 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
21Shots on goal23
1.9Expected goals2.8
53Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won23
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
23Hits21
25Blocked shots18
2Giveaways8
4Takeaways14

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 – Hagman3:32

    xG 0.62–0.32 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Hagman – Getzlaf – Perry5:08

    xG 0.26–0.01 (95%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – Ryan7:51

    xG 0.25–0.02 (92%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Blake – Cogliano – Smith-Pelly4:06

    xG 0.06–0.03 (66%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Sbisa11:59

    xG 0.68–0.07 (90%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Fowler13:53

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Sbisa2:34

    xG 0.09–0.38 (19%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRibeiro – Ryder – Eriksson6:53

    xG 0.40–0.01 (97%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom8:44

    xG 0.23–0.19 (54%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Burish – Wandell – Vincour7:46

    xG 0.23–0.22 (52%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ott – Benn10:12

    xG 0.08–0.67 (10%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Pardy10:27

    xG 0.13–0.07 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Fistric10:42

    xG 0.36–0.34 (51%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Larsen14:24

    xG 0.30–0.58 (34%)attempts 13–10goals 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 2.8 xGANA 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1124 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 68% 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).