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Thu, Mar 14, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 2, Dallas Stars 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 50% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA01111503012230
DAL11107012040134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:35DALRay WhitneyAssists: Loui Eriksson, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:28ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Peter Holland, Daniel Winnik · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Bobby Ryan scored
  2. 2. DAL Loui Eriksson stopped
  3. 3. ANA Teemu Selanne stopped
  4. 4. DAL Ray Whitney stopped
  5. 5. ANA Ryan Getzlaf scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:17ANASheldon Souray: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:40ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 18:54DALJaromir Jagr: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:25DALVernon Fiddler: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:25ANALuca Sbisa: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:25DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:20DALReilly Smith: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 19:58ANADaniel Winnik: Interference2 min
  9. P3 9:28ANAMatt Beleskey: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 15:23ANARyan Getzlaf: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
30Shots on goal34
3.1Expected goals3.0
70Shot attempts70
29Faceoffs won37
3Power plays5
15Penalty minutes11
29Hits31
20Blocked shots20
7Giveaways15
9Takeaways10

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 – Palmieri – Holland4:08

    xG 0.12–0.03 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano8:24

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Palmieri – Holland6:16

    xG 0.04–0.16 (18%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Getzlaf – Beleskey5:31

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Lovejoy – Sbisa11:00

    xG 0.29–0.40 (42%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Souray – Beauchemin10:55

    xG 0.10–0.27 (27%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Fowler13:39

    xG 0.22–0.47 (32%)attempts 12–16goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Smith – Eakin7:52

    xG 0.32–0.14 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Fiddler – Nystrom – Garbutt7:14

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Cole – Roussel5:42

    xG 0.13–0.10 (57%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Roy – Eriksson12:49

    xG 0.49–0.58 (46%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Dillon14:14

    xG 0.84–0.23 (79%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  2. Larsen – Benn10:59

    xG 0.20–0.21 (49%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Goligoski14:15

    xG 0.59–0.70 (46%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGANA 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 49/100 · #364 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 50% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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