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Thu, Dec 1, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 0, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01201009031
DAL110216215541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:13DALJason RobertsonGWGAssists: Roope Hintz, Colin Miller · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:43DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:09DALJoel KivirantaAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.28 xG0–3
  4. P3 1:23DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz · Snap, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 11:23DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Jani Hakanpää · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:28DALJani Hakanpää: Delaying game2 min
  2. P1 12:55ANARyan Strome: Holding2 min
  3. P1 19:34ANASimon Benoit: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:34DALMason Marchment: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:34DALMason Marchment: Instigator2 min
  6. P1 19:34DALMason Marchment: Instigator misconduct10 min
  7. P2 6:20ANAMax Jones: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 14:14ANATrevor Zegras: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P2 16:24DALDenis Gurianov: Holding2 min
  10. P3 1:09ANASimon Benoit: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 17:31ANACam Fowler: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 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
49% to win51% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
31Shots on goal41
3.0Expected goals4.3
54Shot attempts75
19Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes21
25Hits15
22Blocked shots15
6Giveaways5
9Takeaways12

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. bestGrant – Strome – Terry3:05

    xG 0.40–0.26 (60%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Leason – Zegras2:06

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Leason – McTavish6:41

    xG 0.27–0.28 (50%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Silfverberg – Carrick – Lundeström4:00

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kulikov – Fowler11:24

    xG 0.61–0.79 (43%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Vaakanainen2:14

    xG 0.08–0.30 (20%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Vaakanainen – Benoit14:35

    xG 0.07–0.75 (8%)attempts 4–14goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dellandrea – Johnston7:55

    xG 1.16–0.33 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:03

    xG 0.93–0.12 (88%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  3. Glendening – Gurianov – Kiviranta6:58

    xG 0.02–0.13 (15%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Faksa – Marchment11:41

    xG 0.34–0.80 (30%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen16:23

    xG 1.06–0.26 (80%)attempts 21–6goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Hanley12:05

    xG 0.52–0.33 (61%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell13:03

    xG 0.87–0.98 (47%)attempts 20–17goals 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.

DAL 4.3 xGANA 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1243 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 70% 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).