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Thu, Oct 19, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Dallas Stars 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0721215324
ANA11701111229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37ANATroy TerryAssists: Trevor Zegras, Pavel Mintyukov · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:03DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:06DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:01ANALeo CarlssonAssists: Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:47DALMiro HeiskanenGWGAssists: Sam Steel, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:29ANAMason McTavish: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:50DALRyan Suter: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 13:43ANAMason McTavish: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:02DALMason Marchment: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 0:30DALJani Hakanpää: Interference2 min
  6. P2 9:46ANATrevor Zegras: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:27DALRyan Suter: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 13:47ANATrevor Zegras: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 17:51ANAJakob Silfverberg: Tripping2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Carrick
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
24Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts59
33Faceoffs won19
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
18Hits27
19Blocked shots12
5Giveaways13
3Takeaways4

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. bestDuchene – Seguin – Marchment8:22

    xG 0.77–0.27 (74%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson7:43

    xG 0.85–0.39 (69%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Faksa – Steel6:11

    xG 0.02–0.01 (66%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston8:36

    xG 0.16–0.49 (24%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeiskanen – Harley4:55

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Harley11:32

    xG 0.31–0.24 (56%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Lundkvist9:47

    xG 0.66–0.63 (51%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestTerry – Zegras – Carlsson12:24

    xG 0.93–0.40 (70%)attempts 13–15goals 2–0

  2. Silfverberg – Jones – Groulx5:49

    xG 0.08–0.06 (55%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Johnston – Leason8:13

    xG 0.12–0.47 (20%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Vatrano – McTavish11:30

    xG 0.57–1.16 (33%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLyubushkin – Mintyukov9:56

    xG 0.76–0.12 (86%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Gudas – LaCombe15:07

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Luneau13:35

    xG 0.42–1.51 (22%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

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 2.8 xGDAL 3.1 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 58/100 · #601 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 55% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

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

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