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Sat, Jan 23, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 4, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA21301329435
DET1911018327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:10DETDarren HelmAssists: Brendan Smith, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:26ANARyan KeslerAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:36ANACorey PerryAssists: Rickard Rakell, David Perron · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:21DETTomas JurcoAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Brendan Smith · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:28ANACorey PerryAssists: Rickard Rakell, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:42ANARyan KeslerGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:44DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Teemu Pulkkinen, Tomas Tatar · Slap, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:31DETDanny DeKeyser: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:50DETBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 19:03ANADavid Perron: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 6:07ANADavid Perron: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:44DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 12:52DETMike Green: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 3:03ANAJakob Silfverberg: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 16:33ANARickard Rakell: Boarding2 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 SOG0DET
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADET
35Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals1.8
52Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won36
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
19Hits18
12Blocked shots11
4Giveaways11
3Takeaways6

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. bestGetzlaf – Stewart – Perron10:24

    xG 0.58–0.01 (98%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:09

    xG 0.56–0.14 (80%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Maroon – Rakell7:31

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 5–6goals 1–1

  4. Horcoff – Thompson – Garbutt6:46

    xG 0.04–0.35 (10%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Manson3:19

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Vatanen4:55

    xG 0.40–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Bieksa – Lindholm3:48

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Helm – Nyquist5:06

    xG 0.35–0.11 (77%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan3:53

    xG 0.11–0.02 (87%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader2:39

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

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Larkin2:47

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Smith12:32

    xG 0.59–0.50 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 2–1

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser13:50

    xG 0.32–0.70 (32%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Ericsson – Marchenko12:12

    xG 0.02–0.50 (4%)attempts 1–13goals 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.

DET 1.8 xGANA 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #327 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 67% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

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

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