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Fri, Apr 29, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 2, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA151709221
DAL0521024419

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:33ANAMaxime ComtoisAssists: Sam Steel, Jamie Drysdale · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:13DALThomas HarleyAssists: Radek Faksa, Joel Kiviranta · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:45DALJoel HanleyAssists: Radek Faksa, Jani Hakanpää · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:41ANATroy TerryAssists: Adam Henrique, Trevor Zegras · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:56DALJason RobertsonPPGWGAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz · Slap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:00DALVladislav NamestnikovENAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jake Oettinger · Wrist, 0.74 xG2–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:36ANAAndrej Sustr: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 19:54DALThomas Harley: Interference2 min
  3. P3 9:22ANATrevor Zegras: Interference2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Lundeström
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
21Shots on goal19
1.6Expected goals2.8
45Shot attempts47
14Faceoffs won33
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
14Hits15
14Blocked shots13
3Giveaways8
6Takeaways7

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 – Terry – Zegras5:38

    xG 0.45–0.08 (84%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Robinson – Milano – Zegras6:19

    xG 0.26–0.07 (78%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Steel – Lettieri – Comtois6:25

    xG 0.08–0.52 (13%)attempts 3–11goals 1–1

  4. Henrique – Simon – Terry7:28

    xG 0.09–0.66 (12%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSustr – Benoit11:23

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Vaakanainen – Drysdale13:06

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Mahura12:37

    xG 0.26–1.04 (20%)attempts 8–21goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson13:08

    xG 0.74–0.14 (84%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Namestnikov – Raffl3:58

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Glendening – Raffl5:15

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta2:40

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Hanley13:01

    xG 0.68–0.18 (79%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  2. Lindell – Harley15:28

    xG 0.53–0.25 (68%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  3. Suter – Heiskanen21:17

    xG 0.56–0.63 (47%)attempts 14–15goals 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 2.8 xGANA 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #753 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 75% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

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