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Wed, Apr 3, 2013·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
DAL0806211225
ANA1102928527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:44ANARadek DvorakAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Daniel Winnik · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:33ANATeemu SelannePPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:38ANAKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Peter Holland, Matt Beleskey · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:48DALErik ColeAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:30ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:36DALLane MacDermidAssists: Ryan Garbutt · Slap, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:56ANAAndrew CoglianoENAssists: Saku Koivu, Sheldon Souray · Snap, 0.56 xG2–5
Penalties (1)
  1. P2 11:04DALAlex Goligoski: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Eriksson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
25Shots on goal27
1.6Expected goals2.6
50Shot attempts40
31Faceoffs won30
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
24Hits22
6Blocked shots15
6Giveaways11
1Takeaways1

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. bestCole – Fiddler – Nystrom4:11

    xG 0.25–0.07 (79%)attempts 3–1goals 1–1

  2. Roussel – Chiasson – Eakin8:17

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Eriksson – Fraser10:07

    xG 0.12–0.19 (40%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Eriksson – Benn6:54

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Dillon21:33

    xG 0.86–0.66 (56%)attempts 23–14goals 2–0

  2. Robidas – Daley19:46

    xG 0.44–0.48 (48%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Rome – Larsen14:09

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Dvorak – Winnik12:34

    xG 0.40–0.04 (91%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan11:08

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Beleskey – Palmieri – Holland7:11

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  4. Koivu – Perry – Ryan2:16

    xG 0.04–0.19 (16%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Sbisa17:08

    xG 0.70–0.25 (74%)attempts 14–18goals 2–0

  2. Souray – Beauchemin19:34

    xG 0.70–0.73 (49%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Fowler19:40

    xG 0.26–0.63 (29%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

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 2.6 xGDAL 1.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 51/100 · #344 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ANA 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 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).