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Wed, Mar 14, 2012·Honda Center, Anaheim

Detroit Red Wings 0, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 62% of the time.

ANA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET090608023
ANA0631216424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:52ANATeemu SelanneGWGAssists: Cam Fowler, Saku Koivu · Tip-in, 0.41 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:49ANAKyle PalmieriUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:55ANABobby RyanAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–3
  4. P3 1:22ANAKyle PalmieriAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Sheldon Brookbank · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:48ANARod Pelley: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:12ANAMatt Beleskey: Clipping2 min
  3. P2 12:29DETTodd Bertuzzi: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 1:41DETDoug Janik: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 9:13ANAToni Lydman: Holding2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pelley won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETANA
23Shots on goal24
2.2Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won22
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
26Hits28
12Blocked shots17
8Giveaways8
1Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Abdelkader – Helm11:13

    xG 0.65–0.48 (58%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Holmstrom – Emmerton – Mursak7:13

    xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Bertuzzi – Cleary – Franzen12:07

    xG 0.18–0.53 (25%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

  4. Zetterberg – Filppula – Hudler13:33

    xG 0.45–0.89 (33%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJanik – Smith13:24

    xG 0.89–0.59 (60%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Stuart – Quincey2:12

    xG 0.04–0.09 (34%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Kronwall16:09

    xG 0.29–0.56 (34%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Ryan – Palmieri12:00

    xG 1.15–0.21 (84%)attempts 20–3goals 3–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Cogliano11:04

    xG 0.67–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Hagman – Pelley – Smith-Pelly11:04

    xG 0.24–0.23 (50%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Blake – Beleskey – Bonino10:05

    xG 0.41–0.74 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Fowler12:49

    xG 1.08–0.46 (70%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Lydman – Brookbank17:00

    xG 0.86–0.42 (67%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Visnovsky2:14

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

ANA 2.8 xGDET 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANADET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1165 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 62% of the time.

ANA winsDET wins

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

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