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Tue, Jan 15, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA091708124
DET080839325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:03ANARickard RakellPPAssists: Nick Ritchie, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 5:25DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Dylan Larkin · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:44DETGustav NyquistGWGAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Thomas Vanek · Slap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:27DETDarren HelmAssists: Danny DeKeyser · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 11:19DETTyler Bertuzzi: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 2:40DETNiklas Kronwall: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADET
24Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals1.9
40Shot attempts52
20Faceoffs won33
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
25Hits9
13Blocked shots8
12Giveaways16
5Takeaways4

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. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Kase14:21

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  2. Gibbons – Rowney – Sprong4:55

    xG 0.15–0.04 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Gibbons – Sherwood3:43

    xG 0.06–0.03 (62%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Shore – Rowney – Sprong4:54

    xG 0.04–0.10 (28%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson17:31

    xG 0.52–0.40 (57%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Lindholm2:01

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Montour20:19

    xG 0.45–0.64 (41%)attempts 12–20goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAbdelkader – de la Rose – Ehn8:11

    xG 0.34–0.02 (95%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Mantha – Larkin3:19

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Helm – Glendening – Bertuzzi3:09

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Nyquist – Bertuzzi – Larkin8:37

    xG 0.34–0.31 (53%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – DeKeyser5:17

    xG 0.39–0.15 (72%)attempts 5–4goals 2–0

  2. Kronwall – Green20:00

    xG 0.63–0.51 (55%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  3. DeKeyser – Cholowski10:13

    xG 0.37–0.28 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 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.

DET 1.9 xGANA 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #828 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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 52% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

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

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