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Wed, Feb 21, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Dallas Stars 0, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 88% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01007024041
ANA140815217

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:15ANAHampus LindholmPPGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Brandon Montour · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:28ANARyan GetzlafSHAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Derek Grant · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:07DALAntoine Roussel: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:07DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 16:19DALAntoine Roussel: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 0:53ANACam Fowler: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 2:11ANARyan Getzlaf: Delaying game2 min
  6. P3 2:16ANAJosh Manson: Delaying game2 min
  7. P3 4:50ANAMarcus Pettersson: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 0:00ANACorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 0:00DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 0:00ANAAdam Henrique: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Grant
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
41Shots on goal17
3.8Expected goals1.2
73Shot attempts39
30Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes15
20Hits28
12Blocked shots13
10Giveaways11
3Takeaways3

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. bestRadulov – Benn – Shore8:46

    xG 0.47–0.07 (86%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa6:17

    xG 0.04–0.04 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Hanzal – Ritchie3:30

    xG 0.04–0.10 (27%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Janmark – Elie9:54

    xG 0.24–0.34 (41%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Pateryn12:24

    xG 0.61–0.09 (87%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Johns13:40

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell14:47

    xG 0.16–0.49 (25%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Kase11:03

    xG 0.28–0.11 (72%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell12:20

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Grant – Wagner – Brown5:51

    xG 0.04–0.23 (14%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg11:53

    xG 0.15–0.42 (27%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Pettersson11:56

    xG 0.32–0.08 (81%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm12:38

    xG 0.17–0.42 (29%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Montour16:42

    xG 0.35–0.62 (36%)attempts 12–16goals 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 1.2 xGDAL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1264 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 88% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

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

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