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Thu, Jan 25, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 3, Dallas Stars 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 79% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA19141701321
DAL11111411811444

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:22DALMatt DucheneAssists: Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:10ANAUrho VaakanainenAssists: Isac Lundeström, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:28ANATroy TerryAssists: Adam Henrique · Snap, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:44DALCraig SmithUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:12ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Isac Lundeström, Mason McTavish · Snap, 0.26 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:31DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Thomas Harley, Evgenii Dadonov · Snap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:38DALThomas HarleyGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 10:39ANARoss Johnston: Elbowing2 min
  2. P3 6:19ANARoss Johnston: Interference2 min
  3. P3 13:39ANARadko Gudas: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 13:39DALJamie Benn: Cross checking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against McTavish
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
21Shots on goal44
1.8Expected goals3.5
40Shot attempts74
20Faceoffs won29
0Power plays2
6Penalty minutes2
24Hits9
17Blocked shots6
5Giveaways12
6Takeaways10

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. bestSilfverberg – Lundeström – McTavish10:46

    xG 0.68–0.11 (86%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Terry – Carlsson13:43

    xG 0.55–0.44 (55%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  3. Strome – Vatrano – Leason11:16

    xG 0.00–0.50 (1%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

  4. Carrick – McGinn – Johnston6:31

    xG 0.05–0.86 (5%)attempts 5–13goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. Gudas – Vaakanainen21:34

    xG 0.63–0.83 (43%)attempts 13–26goals 2–1

  2. Hagg – Zellweger11:12

    xG 0.39–0.65 (38%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – LaCombe16:19

    xG 0.40–0.90 (31%)attempts 11–21goals 1–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHintz – Robertson – Johnston11:47

    xG 0.90–0.10 (90%)attempts 18–3goals 1–0

  2. Dadonov – Smith – Faksa8:41

    xG 0.45–0.12 (79%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Pavelski – Benn – Steel10:22

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 16–4goals 0–1

  4. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment11:02

    xG 0.36–0.68 (34%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Lundkvist12:33

    xG 0.63–0.30 (67%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  2. Heiskanen – Harley17:28

    xG 1.00–0.78 (56%)attempts 29–11goals 3–1

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell13:08

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 12–7goals 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 3.5 xGANA 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 79/100 · #332 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 79% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

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