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Sat, Oct 11, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 3, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0911027326
DET05113111229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:13ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:33DETLuke GlendeningAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Niklas Kronwall · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:57DETGustav NyquistAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:18ANAMatt BeleskeyAssists: Ryan Kesler · Snap, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:36ANARyan GetzlafGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:44DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:50ANASami Vatanen: Interference2 min
  3. P2 4:27DETLuke Glendening: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 12:28ANAAndrew Cogliano: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 18:28ANANate Thompson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:28DETJohan Franzen: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:39DETHenrik Zetterberg: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Sheahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADET
26Shots on goal29
1.5Expected goals2.3
43Shot attempts51
28Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits26
16Blocked shots13
4Giveaways9
2Takeaways0

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. bestKesler – Beleskey – Smith-Pelly11:43

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Cogliano – Silfverberg3:26

    xG 0.03–0.11 (21%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  3. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Karlsson6:24

    xG 0.09–0.19 (33%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Jackman – Thompson – Etem5:54

    xG 0.01–0.21 (6%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Fowler14:04

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Stoner – Vatanen15:17

    xG 0.23–0.39 (37%)attempts 7–12goals 1–1

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm15:13

    xG 0.42–0.69 (38%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Franzen – Abdelkader8:55

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  2. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist5:46

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 10–4goals 1–1

  3. Miller – Andersson – Glendening10:11

    xG 0.16–0.11 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco10:14

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Kindl14:20

    xG 0.60–0.15 (80%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson14:22

    xG 0.44–0.41 (52%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  3. Smith – DeKeyser15:02

    xG 0.38–0.54 (41%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

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.

DET 2.3 xGANA 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 59/100 · #447 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% 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).