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Sat, Oct 13, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 3, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 83% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA21014011325
DAL01443017551

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:01ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Maxime Comtois · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:28ANAKiefer SherwoodAssists: Josh Manson, Isac Lundeström · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:09ANAAdam HenriquePPAssists: Sam Steel, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:14DALAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:52DALConnor CarrickAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:01DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P2 17:46DALJohn KlingbergPPGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:32DALRadek FaksaENAssists: Jamie Benn, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.42 xG3–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:44ANABrandon Montour: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:25DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:15ANAJakob Silfverberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:48ANAJohn Gibson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:28DALBrett Ritchie: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
25Shots on goal51
1.9Expected goals4.2
45Shot attempts84
30Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits14
24Blocked shots15
13Giveaways11
6Takeaways10

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. Henrique – Silfverberg – Comtois12:23

    xG 0.24–0.26 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  2. Street – Steel – Sherwood4:03

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  3. Steel – Sherwood – Lundeström4:36

    xG 0.07–0.44 (14%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Rakell12:10

    xG 0.32–0.69 (32%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fowler – Manson3:06

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm16:09

    xG 0.54–0.68 (44%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  3. Fowler – Montour13:09

    xG 0.23–0.62 (27%)attempts 7–19goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Radulov – Nichushkin4:35

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin7:10

    xG 0.44–0.07 (87%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Ritchie – Nichushkin3:08

    xG 0.43–0.18 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  4. Comeau – Benn – Seguin6:08

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell16:19

    xG 0.95–0.37 (72%)attempts 25–11goals 1–0

  2. Carrick – Heiskanen13:53

    xG 0.97–0.39 (71%)attempts 18–11goals 1–1

  3. Methot – Honka11:35

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

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.

DAL 4.2 xGANA 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #162 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 83% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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