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Mon, Oct 8, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Detroit Red Wings 2, Anaheim Ducks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET181805000221
ANA0618110031327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:06DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:57ANAHampus LindholmAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Kiefer Sherwood · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:56DETDarren HelmAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Jimmy Howard · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:29ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Adam Henrique, Maxime Comtois · Tip-in, 0.19 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Rickard Rakell stopped
  2. 2. DET Thomas Vanek stopped
  3. 3. ANA Troy Terry scored
  4. 4. DET Frans Nielsen stopped
  5. 5. ANA Sam Steel stopped
  6. 6. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:47DETGustav Nyquist: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 2:20ANAMaxime Comtois: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:02DETLibor Sulak: Delaying game2 min
  4. P2 2:32ANACam Fowler: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 6:43DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 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 20:00Ehn won the faceoff against Steel
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETANA
21Shots on goal27
3.3Expected goals3.1
58Shot attempts59
36Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
15Hits28
12Blocked shots14
15Giveaways14
7Takeaways7

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. bestNielsen – Bertuzzi – Rasmussen8:19

    xG 0.51–0.46 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Helm – Glendening – Ehn10:18

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Nyquist – Mantha – Larkin13:19

    xG 0.58–0.64 (48%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  4. Vanek – Abdelkader – Athanasiou7:54

    xG 0.52–0.60 (47%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Hronek15:28

    xG 0.71–0.46 (61%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  2. Jensen – Hicketts9:25

    xG 0.60–0.39 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Jensen – DeKeyser3:45

    xG 0.15–0.06 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Silfverberg – Comtois3:06

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Terry – Lundeström2:34

    xG 0.11–0.01 (91%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Sherwood – Lundeström8:33

    xG 0.54–0.47 (53%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  4. Street – Gibbons – Rowney12:02

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson21:18

    xG 1.34–0.64 (68%)attempts 25–20goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Pettersson9:03

    xG 0.08–0.36 (17%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Montour17:42

    xG 0.65–1.03 (39%)attempts 17–16goals 1–2

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 3.1 xGDET 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 58/100 · #528 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 54% 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).