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Fri, Oct 31, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 2, Dallas Stars 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA011150711224
DAL080111102122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:45ANACorey PerryAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 14:33DALAntoine RousselAssists: Trevor Daley, Ryan Garbutt · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:30ANANate ThompsonGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 7:47DALTyler Seguin: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:08ANARyan Kesler: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:25DALAntoine Roussel: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 19:00ANATim Jackman: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 1:53DALAntoine Roussel: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 1:53ANACorey Perry: Embellishment2 min
  7. P2 4:05ANAJosh Manson: Delaying game2 min
  8. P2 8:54DALJamie Oleksiak: Holding2 min
  9. P2 11:05ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  10. P2 15:29DALKevin Connauton: Holding the stick2 min
  11. P2 16:02ANARyan Getzlaf: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 12:30ANAPatrick Maroon: Too many men on the ice2 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
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
24Shots on goal22
2.2Expected goals2.2
47Shot attempts50
40Faceoffs won31
4Power plays6
14Penalty minutes10
22Hits23
16Blocked shots13
8Giveaways14
13Takeaways6

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 – Cogliano – Smith-Pelly9:46

    xG 0.39–0.17 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Thompson – Etem5:58

    xG 0.39–0.29 (58%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Beleskey – Silfverberg – Karlsson5:36

    xG 0.08–0.03 (69%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Maroon9:05

    xG 0.00–0.60 (0%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Lindholm14:31

    xG 0.48–0.51 (48%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Manson9:25

    xG 0.39–0.44 (47%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Vatanen2:11

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Eakin – Garbutt9:54

    xG 0.45–0.17 (72%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Horcoff – Sceviour4:41

    xG 0.16–0.14 (54%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Benn – Seguin7:17

    xG 0.18–0.17 (53%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Fiddler – Eaves4:54

    xG 0.18–0.34 (35%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski11:33

    xG 0.45–0.07 (86%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Dillon14:02

    xG 0.75–0.61 (55%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Connauton – Oleksiak8:00

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 7–6goals 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.

DAL 2.2 xGANA 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 67/100 · #358 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

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