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Thu, Oct 13, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 2, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA11704114235
DAL1119210420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:40DALStephen JohnsAssists: Patrick Eaves, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:09ANAAndrew CoglianoSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:43DALLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Devin Shore, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:01ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Ryan Kesler, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:23DALAntoine RousselGWGAssists: Adam Cracknell, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:37DALAdam CracknellAssists: Radek Faksa, Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:32DALJamie Benn: Delaying game2 min
  2. P1 9:05DALJordie Benn: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 9:05DALJordie Benn: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 13:14ANANick Ritchie: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 16:57DALPatrick Sharp: Kneeing2 min
  6. P2 9:15ANAAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 12:40ANAJared Boll: Illegal check to head2 min
  8. P3 1:59ANAJosh Manson: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 15:07DALDan Hamhuis: Holding the stick2 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
44% to win56% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
35Shots on goal20
3.7Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts49
37Faceoffs won21
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
19Hits20
13Blocked shots10
3Giveaways8
4Takeaways6

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 – Perry – Ritchie13:16

    xG 0.71–0.54 (57%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

  2. Boll – Wagner – Garbutt2:37

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Garbutt – Sorensen2:13

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg7:33

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Larsson7:42

    xG 0.33–0.14 (71%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Manson11:23

    xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 13–9goals 0–2

  3. Vatanen – Larsson2:31

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCracknell – Roussel – Faksa6:03

    xG 0.65–0.24 (73%)attempts 12–4goals 2–0

  2. Eaves – Benn – Seguin9:06

    xG 0.62–0.36 (63%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Spezza – Sharp – Hudler7:25

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  4. Korpikoski – Ritchie – Shore4:37

    xG 0.08–0.18 (32%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Benn7:59

    xG 0.63–0.20 (76%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Oduya – Johns10:41

    xG 0.38–0.24 (62%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  3. Nemeth – Klingberg8:54

    xG 0.52–0.38 (58%)attempts 10–6goals 2–0

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 2.9 xGANA 3.7 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 50/100 · #572 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 62% 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).