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Wed, Dec 12, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Dallas Stars 3, Anaheim Ducks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 72% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL05313011329
ANA11517414636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:38ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Pontus Aberg · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:01DALMiro HeiskanenPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Esa Lindell · Slap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:07DALBlake ComeauAssists: Devin Shore, Jason Dickinson · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:20DALAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Taylor Fedun, Devin Shore · Snap, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:30ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:45ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Nick Ritchie, Brandon Montour · Slap, 0.23 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:06ANABrandon MontourGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 13:44ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Brandon Montour · Tip-in, 0.03 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:29ANAHampus LindholmENAssists: Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.43 xG3–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 9:42ANAJake Dotchin: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:13ANAHampus Lindholm: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:16ANANick Ritchie: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:17DALJoel Hanley: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
29Shots on goal36
3.4Expected goals4.9
52Shot attempts70
30Faceoffs won32
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
26Hits27
14Blocked shots11
17Giveaways14
9Takeaways7

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. bestSpezza – Benn – Seguin6:09

    xG 0.09–0.03 (76%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  2. Comeau – Janmark – Dickinson5:57

    xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Faksa – Janmark3:20

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Seguin – Nichushkin4:42

    xG 0.06–0.13 (30%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Heiskanen14:42

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  2. Fedun – Hanley13:22

    xG 0.38–0.41 (48%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Bayreuther12:29

    xG 0.30–0.45 (40%)attempts 5–17goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Ritchie – Kase5:13

    xG 0.96–0.07 (93%)attempts 12–1goals 3–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:51

    xG 0.55–0.23 (70%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  3. Getzlaf – Aberg – Kase8:11

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. Street – Rowney – Sherwood10:06

    xG 0.32–0.22 (59%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Montour18:00

    xG 1.35–0.46 (75%)attempts 28–12goals 3–0

  2. Manson – Larsson14:51

    xG 0.91–0.37 (71%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  3. Dotchin – Mahura11:29

    xG 0.33–0.52 (39%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

ANA 4.9 xGDAL 3.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 89/100 · #149 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 72% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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