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Wed, Jan 4, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Dallas Stars 0, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 74% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL08012015035
ANA2130707227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:11ANAAdam HenriqueGWGAssists: Mason McTavish, Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:18ANAMason McTavishPPAssists: Trevor Zegras, Cam Fowler · Slap, 0.09 xG0–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:53DALJani Hakanpää: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:28ANATrevor Zegras: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:33ANACam Fowler: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 19:55ANATrevor Zegras: Illegal stick2 min
  5. P3 18:05ANATroy Terry: 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
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
35Shots on goal27
3.2Expected goals1.7
77Shot attempts52
42Faceoffs won26
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
23Hits23
15Blocked shots27
8Giveaways4
6Takeaways5

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. bestSeguin – Dellandrea – Kiviranta6:00

    xG 0.49–0.11 (82%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson11:19

    xG 0.76–0.38 (67%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Marchment – Johnston9:40

    xG 0.42–0.20 (68%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  4. Seguin – Olofsson – Dellandrea3:38

    xG 0.22–0.16 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell13:33

    xG 0.63–0.17 (79%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Heiskanen – Lundkvist5:51

    xG 0.45–0.11 (80%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Heiskanen14:56

    xG 0.55–0.53 (51%)attempts 19–16goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestMegna – Kirkland – Leason4:40

    xG 0.28–0.08 (78%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Vatrano – Zegras12:20

    xG 0.40–0.42 (48%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Terry – Zegras2:19

    xG 0.04–0.09 (32%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Silfverberg – Carrick – Comtois9:34

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Shattenkirk – Vaakanainen14:19

    xG 0.61–0.69 (47%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Benoit11:34

    xG 0.29–0.49 (37%)attempts 10–20goals 1–0

  3. Kulikov – Fowler13:14

    xG 0.25–0.48 (34%)attempts 11–11goals 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.

ANA 1.7 xGDAL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1310 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ANA 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 74% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

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

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