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Wed, Jan 4, 2017·Honda Center, Anaheim

Detroit Red Wings 0, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 74% of the time.

ANA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET060809023
ANA1100915224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:54ANANick RitchieGWGAssists: Antoine Vermette, Ondrej Kase · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P3 17:06ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Antoine Vermette, Kevin Bieksa · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:52DETXavier Ouellet: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:16DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:16ANARyan Kesler: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:44ANACam Fowler: Interference2 min
  5. P3 7:59ANANick Ritchie: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 8:48DETSteve Ott: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 11:16DETHenrik Zetterberg: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 14:35ANAHampus Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 19:18DETXavier Ouellet: High sticking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
44% to win56% to win
← DET attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETANA
23Shots on goal24
1.8Expected goals3.3
47Shot attempts56
28Faceoffs won21
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
16Hits14
15Blocked shots10
10Giveaways12
5Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestJurco – Glendening – Larkin7:13

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha3:03

    xG 0.10–0.03 (74%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Vanek – Jurco2:18

    xG 0.13–0.15 (47%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Tatar – Mantha8:38

    xG 0.11–0.26 (30%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ouellet – DeKeyser2:43

    xG 0.01–0.06 (19%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Jensen4:24

    xG 0.24–0.30 (44%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith8:46

    xG 0.31–0.42 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Ritchie – Kase9:40

    xG 1.13–0.23 (83%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Perry – Cramarossa – Rakell8:56

    xG 0.56–0.23 (71%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg13:26

    xG 0.49–0.24 (67%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  4. Boll – Wagner – Shaw4:32

    xG 0.22–0.06 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm10:35

    xG 0.99–0.21 (82%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Fowler12:52

    xG 0.58–0.16 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Fowler4:13

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–3goals 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 3.3 xGDET 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANADET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1214 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 74% of the time.

ANA winsDET wins

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

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