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Tue, Oct 8, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 3, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0709313329
DET011111010132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:55DETFilip HronekSHAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Dylan Larkin · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:52ANARickard RakellAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Jakob Silfverberg · Slap, 0.47 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:10ANANick RitchieGWGAssists: Derek Grant, Brendan Guhle · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:57ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Devin Shore, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.10 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:03DETDennis Cholowski: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:35DETMadison Bowey: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 10:34ANATroy Terry: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 1:00DETMike Green: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 13:07ANANick Ritchie: 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grant won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADET
29Shots on goal32
4.0Expected goals3.9
49Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won18
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
23Hits25
6Blocked shots15
5Giveaways12
7Takeaways3

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Silfverberg – Rakell – Lundeström8:42

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Grant – Rowney – Ritchie6:51

    xG 0.19–0.28 (41%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Kase – Jones3:50

    xG 0.00–0.09 (3%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Shore – Kase3:45

    xG 0.08–0.17 (31%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Guhle14:21

    xG 0.98–0.61 (62%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm12:31

    xG 0.74–0.44 (63%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Del Zotto – Larsson13:26

    xG 0.36–1.46 (20%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin13:19

    xG 1.43–0.38 (79%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Helm – de la Rose5:53

    xG 0.72–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Erne – Ehn7:02

    xG 0.39–0.15 (73%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. Glendening – Athanasiou – Hirose7:47

    xG 0.17–0.39 (30%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Hronek10:08

    xG 0.70–0.17 (81%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Cholowski – Hronek3:25

    xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Green – Cholowski6:48

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

DET 3.9 xGANA 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 58/100 · #471 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 54% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).