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Fri, Mar 16, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Detroit Red Wings 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 63% of the time.

ANA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11119010230
ANA1921819436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:02ANANick RitchieAssists: Ondrej Kase, Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:14DETMike GreenAssists: Dylan Larkin, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:48ANADerek GrantAssists: Jakob Silfverberg · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:10DETGustav NyquistAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:42ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:04ANARyan KeslerAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Jakob Silfverberg · Backhand, 0.23 xG2–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:28DETMike Green: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 2:53ANAOndrej Kase: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 11:18ANARyan Getzlaf: Interference2 min
  4. P1 13:39DETLuke Witkowski: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 13:39ANANick Ritchie: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 0:21DETJonathan Ericsson: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 5:02ANACorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 10:06ANARyan Kesler: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 19:00DETJustin Abdelkader: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 19:00ANACorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 19:18DETAnthony Mantha: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 19:18ANARyan Kesler: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 17:05ANARyan Kesler: Cross checking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETANA
30Shots on goal36
3.8Expected goals4.7
62Shot attempts60
27Faceoffs won35
5Power plays2
19Penalty minutes25
21Hits13
11Blocked shots13
8Giveaways9
3Takeaways10

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. bestHelm – Glendening – Larkin2:29

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Glendening2:19

    xG 0.17–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Nyquist – Bertuzzi11:27

    xG 0.31–0.41 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Athanasiou3:36

    xG 0.01–0.28 (3%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – DeKeyser13:01

    xG 0.91–0.32 (74%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Jensen6:20

    xG 0.16–0.02 (86%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Ericsson11:41

    xG 0.52–1.34 (28%)attempts 8–18goals 0–3

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:56

    xG 0.81–0.25 (76%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell11:12

    xG 0.47–0.34 (58%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Chimera – Kelly – Grant2:12

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase6:41

    xG 0.28–0.43 (39%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Pettersson8:31

    xG 0.82–0.27 (75%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Fowler – Montour17:53

    xG 0.69–0.51 (58%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm16:09

    xG 0.57–0.68 (46%)attempts 11–15goals 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.

ANA 4.7 xGDET 3.8 xG
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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 50/100 · #637 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 63% 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).