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Sun, Mar 1, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 3, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 69% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1130326322
DAL010117013140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:46ANACorey PerryAssists: Jiri Sekac, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:51DALPatrick EavesPPAssists: Trevor Daley, John Klingberg · Snap, 0.42 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:19ANAClayton StonerGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:09ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:33ANAJiri Sekac: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:33ANAClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 2:33DALCurtis McKenzie: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 15:52ANAClayton Stoner: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:43ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 14:18DALJyrki Jokipakka: Delaying game2 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 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
22Shots on goal40
1.6Expected goals2.6
42Shot attempts80
34Faceoffs won32
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
20Hits20
27Blocked shots10
6Giveaways17
15Takeaways11

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 – Silfverberg7:34

    xG 0.47–0.08 (86%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Etem – Sekac3:03

    xG 0.50–0.26 (66%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Sekac3:48

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 3–6goals 2–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Maroon2:20

    xG 0.03–0.01 (78%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm15:42

    xG 0.83–0.35 (70%)attempts 17–19goals 1–0

  2. Stoner – Manson10:04

    xG 0.02–0.19 (11%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm2:15

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Hemsky – Benn9:34

    xG 0.62–0.09 (88%)attempts 22–6goals 0–1

  2. Horcoff – Sceviour – Ritchie7:01

    xG 0.38–0.06 (87%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Fiddler – Eaves – McKenzie5:24

    xG 0.33–0.11 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt11:19

    xG 0.17–0.07 (70%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Benn14:15

    xG 0.88–0.09 (90%)attempts 27–6goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Jokipakka14:38

    xG 0.31–0.60 (34%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg17:34

    xG 0.43–0.74 (37%)attempts 24–20goals 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 2.6 xGANA 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #897 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 69% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

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