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Tue, Dec 17, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 5, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 87% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA41211008530
DET150716218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:15DETTomas JurcoAssists: Drew Miller, Kyle Quincey · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:40ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–1
  3. P1 5:29ANANick BoninoAssists: Daniel Winnik, Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:17ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Ben Lovejoy · Snap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P1 19:59ANASami VatanenAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Saku Koivu · Slap, 0.06 xG4–1
  6. P2 12:26ANASaku KoivuAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Sami Vatanen · Backhand, 0.04 xG5–1
  7. P3 18:02DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Luke Glendening · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:20DETKyle Quincey: Boarding5 min
  2. P1 14:20DETKyle Quincey: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P1 17:25ANADustin Penner: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 6:42DETDaniel Cleary: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 18:59ANAKyle Palmieri: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:36DETDaniel Cleary: 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADET
30Shots on goal18
3.2Expected goals1.0
52Shot attempts32
25Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes19
10Hits23
7Blocked shots13
5Giveaways10
7Takeaways9

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 – Beleskey – Perreault7:43

    xG 0.90–0.07 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:46

    xG 0.69–0.12 (86%)attempts 9–7goals 2–1

  3. Winnik – Bonino – Palmieri6:35

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Penner11:20

    xG 0.10–0.24 (28%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Vatanen15:40

    xG 0.89–0.13 (88%)attempts 21–3goals 2–1

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm14:27

    xG 0.68–0.23 (74%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fowler14:12

    xG 0.60–0.55 (52%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Datsyuk – Jurco9:56

    xG 0.14–0.01 (93%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Andersson – Tatar3:46

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Samuelsson – Sheahan2:54

    xG 0.06–0.11 (34%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Samuelsson – Andersson – Tatar5:35

    xG 0.09–0.22 (30%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith6:13

    xG 0.22–0.09 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff8:57

    xG 0.29–0.17 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Smith6:02

    xG 0.13–0.11 (54%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

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.

DET 1.0 xGANA 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #657 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DET 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 87% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).