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Sat, Dec 17, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 4, Detroit Red Wings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 74% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA21011015425
DET11536211632

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:41ANARickard RakellPPAssists: Sami Vatanen, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:17ANAShea TheodorePPAssists: Ryan Kesler, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:33DETTomas TatarAssists: Mike Green, Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:16ANACam FowlerAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 7:14DETTomas TatarAssists: Xavier Ouellet, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:22DETDylan LarkinAssists: Luke Glendening, Riley Sheahan · Deflected, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P2 17:52DETXavier OuelletAssists: Thomas Vanek, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 4:51DETTomas TatarGWGAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–5
  9. P3 6:35ANARickard RakellUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–5
  10. P3 10:33DETFrans NielsenAssists: Ryan Sproul, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.36 xG4–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:13DETXavier Ouellet: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 3:56ANANick Ritchie: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 9:32DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 11:01ANAJoseph Cramarossa: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:01DETSteve Ott: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:47ANAJosh Manson: Holding2 min
  7. P3 18:29ANAJakob Silfverberg: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
44% to win56% to win
← ANA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADET
25Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals3.2
43Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
31Hits26
6Blocked shots9
6Giveaways8
0Takeaways6

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 – Rakell13:10

    xG 0.60–0.48 (55%)attempts 10–12goals 1–2

  2. Cramarossa – Shaw – Noesen3:52

    xG 0.16–0.06 (71%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Ritchie – Kase7:51

    xG 0.19–0.22 (47%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:49

    xG 0.34–0.67 (34%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:30

    xG 0.55–0.27 (67%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Fowler4:53

    xG 0.17–0.24 (41%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Vatanen – Fowler15:02

    xG 0.52–0.81 (39%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Vanek – Nyquist10:16

    xG 1.15–0.22 (84%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Zetterberg – Tatar – Mantha13:13

    xG 0.61–0.16 (80%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0

  3. Ott – Jurco – Athanasiou3:55

    xG 0.08–0.04 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Sheahan – Glendening – Larkin12:23

    xG 0.46–0.43 (52%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Ouellet16:41

    xG 0.97–0.33 (75%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  2. Kronwall – Sproul9:20

    xG 0.84–0.25 (77%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Green – DeKeyser19:20

    xG 0.76–0.57 (57%)attempts 16–12goals 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.

DET 3.2 xGANA 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 90/100 · #113 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 74% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

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

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