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Tue, Oct 27, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 3, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 74% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA390902320
DAL06311117434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:44ANAMike SantorelliPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Jiri Sekac · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:56ANAShawn HorcoffAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Jakob Silfverberg · Snap, 0.28 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:10ANACarl HagelinAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler · Snap, 0.25 xG3–0
  4. P2 7:30DALPatrick SharpPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza · Snap, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P2 15:27DALCody EakinSHAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:01DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.23 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:32DALAntoine RousselGWGAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Jamie Oleksiak · Backhand, 0.26 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:27ANAChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:27DALJamie Oleksiak: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:25ANATim Jackman: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:47DALVernon Fiddler: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 1:53DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 6:50ANAJakob Silfverberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 12:06DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 14:30DALPatrick Sharp: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 4:47ANACorey Perry: 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
20Shots on goal34
2.1Expected goals3.6
47Shot attempts59
32Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
25Hits19
10Blocked shots18
18Giveaways16
3Takeaways7

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. bestHorcoff – Cogliano – Silfverberg3:23

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0

  2. Perry – Hagelin – Rakell3:28

    xG 0.11–0.11 (51%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Santorelli – Cogliano – Silfverberg5:07

    xG 0.03–0.03 (48%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Perry – Hagelin7:23

    xG 0.27–0.98 (22%)attempts 3–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Stoner – Vatanen13:19

    xG 0.14–0.64 (18%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Lindholm15:22

    xG 0.55–1.13 (33%)attempts 11–15goals 0–2

  3. Holzer – Fowler10:35

    xG 0.03–0.91 (4%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Faksa – Janmark5:05

    xG 0.76–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Fiddler – Sceviour – Roussel5:12

    xG 0.59–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Eakin – Seguin8:35

    xG 0.57–0.10 (85%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Fiddler – Sceviour – Faksa2:58

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Benn13:47

    xG 0.51–0.08 (86%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg15:16

    xG 0.89–0.58 (61%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

  3. Jokipakka – Oleksiak8:30

    xG 0.54–0.38 (59%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

DAL 3.6 xGANA 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 88/100 · #144 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 74% 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).