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Fri, Jan 15, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

Dallas Stars 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 90% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0716111224
ANA4190709435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Josh Manson, Carl Hagelin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:36ANASami VatanenAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:04ANAHampus LindholmPPGWGAssists: Ryan Kesler, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P1 15:37ANACorey PerryAssists: Shea Theodore, Ryan Getzlaf · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P2 1:15DALMattias JanmarkSHAssists: Travis Moen · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:58DALJamie BennPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:14ANACarl Hagelin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:32DALAles Hemsky: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:16DALAlex Goligoski: Holding2 min
  4. P2 5:51ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 2:08ANANate Thompson: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 11:49ANAShawn Horcoff: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:51DALJordie Benn: Cross checking2 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
47% to win54% to win
← DAL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
24Shots on goal35
1.6Expected goals4.5
61Shot attempts64
36Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
24Hits32
13Blocked shots22
21Giveaways18
6Takeaways12

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. bestSpezza – Eaves – Benn2:22

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Sharp – Seguin – Janmark3:38

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Moen – Fiddler – Eaves5:28

    xG 0.06–0.08 (42%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Eakin – Nichushkin11:36

    xG 0.33–0.80 (29%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Oduya – Jokipakka2:08

    xG 0.13–0.34 (27%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg15:45

    xG 0.21–0.55 (28%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Demers11:55

    xG 0.29–0.81 (26%)attempts 14–15goals 0–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Rakell11:51

    xG 0.92–0.32 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Horcoff – Thompson – Cogliano10:29

    xG 0.76–0.20 (79%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  3. Kesler – Hagelin – Silfverberg11:51

    xG 0.53–0.07 (89%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  4. Santorelli – Maroon – Sekac6:36

    xG 0.17–0.28 (38%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Vatanen10:39

    xG 1.10–0.33 (77%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm15:22

    xG 0.53–0.11 (83%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Stoner – Theodore10:47

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 5–8goals 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.

ANA 4.5 xGDAL 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #467 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 90% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

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

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