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Thu, Oct 25, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 2, 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
ANA1511109225
DAL212319010541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58DALJason DickinsonUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:17ANARyan GetzlafUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:30DALRoman PolakAssists: Jason Dickinson, Brett Ritchie · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:09ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Nick Ritchie, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:53DALMiro HeiskanenGWGAssists: Jason Spezza, Devin Shore · Snap, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:16DALMattias JanmarkAssists: Julius Honka, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P2 18:06DALJason DickinsonAssists: Tyler Pitlick · Snap, 0.15 xG2–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P2 3:09DALRadek Faksa: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 3:09ANAMarcus Pettersson: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:09ANANick Ritchie: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 3:09DALEsa Lindell: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 3:40DALMattias Janmark: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 3:53ANACam Fowler: Holding2 min
  7. P2 12:04ANABrandon Montour: Embellishment2 min
  8. P2 12:04DALRadek Faksa: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 12:42DALTyler Seguin: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 16:14DALRoman Polak: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 16:14ANAAdam Henrique: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 1:34DALBen Bishop: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 7:03ANAJosh Manson: Holding2 min
  14. P3 11:34ANABrian Gibbons: Tripping2 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 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
25Shots on goal41
1.9Expected goals4.2
52Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
17Penalty minutes17
27Hits13
20Blocked shots17
7Giveaways15
4Takeaways8

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. Getzlaf – Rakell – Lundeström3:51

    xG 0.19–0.28 (41%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Street – Steel – Sherwood7:11

    xG 0.20–0.35 (36%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Henrique – Aberg – Lundeström5:22

    xG 0.16–0.38 (29%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Gibbons6:23

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Pettersson3:45

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Pettersson2:37

    xG 0.27–0.39 (41%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Pettersson3:29

    xG 0.13–0.26 (33%)attempts 2–2goals 1–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dowling – Seguin8:20

    xG 0.64–0.21 (76%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Ritchie – Dickinson – Nichushkin6:35

    xG 0.46–0.06 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 2–0

  3. Spezza – Pitlick – Shore7:29

    xG 0.75–0.42 (64%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin2:09

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell13:26

    xG 1.13–0.48 (70%)attempts 20–14goals 0–1

  2. Polak – Honka8:53

    xG 0.63–0.17 (79%)attempts 8–6goals 2–1

  3. Carrick – Heiskanen17:26

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 15–13goals 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.

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 53/100 · #594 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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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-1
0
+1
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+7

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