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Wed, Apr 8, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

Dallas Stars 4, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 80% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0731916432
ANA0100603019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:04DALVernon FiddlerGWGAssists: Ryan Garbutt, Shawn Horcoff · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:11DALJordie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:25DALPatrick EavesPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.33 xG3–0
  4. P3 11:44DALPatrick EavesAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:52DALAntoine Roussel: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:21ANASimon Despres: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 9:44ANAClayton Stoner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:01ANASimon Despres: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Rakell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
32Shots on goal19
2.8Expected goals1.1
61Shot attempts43
35Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
13Hits28
9Blocked shots11
10Giveaways9
5Takeaways6

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. bestHorcoff – Fiddler – Sceviour10:51

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt9:20

    xG 0.42–0.19 (68%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Eaves – Benn – Seguin14:14

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  4. Spezza – Hemsky – Nichushkin13:54

    xG 0.34–0.37 (48%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Benn15:59

    xG 0.84–0.34 (71%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  2. Daley – Demers2:47

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Klingberg15:09

    xG 0.46–0.28 (62%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Beleskey – Rakell2:59

    xG 0.20–0.13 (61%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg3:48

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Palmieri – Sekac4:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Rakell – Sekac7:14

    xG 0.19–0.28 (41%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Lindholm17:47

    xG 0.32–0.47 (40%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Vatanen15:38

    xG 0.19–0.48 (29%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  3. Despres – Fowler15:35

    xG 0.39–1.15 (25%)attempts 7–24goals 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.

ANA 1.1 xGDAL 2.8 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 7/100 · #1141 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (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, Dallas Stars win this game 80% 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).