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Fri, Mar 8, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Dallas Stars 6, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 61% of the time.

ANA winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL32026110636
ANA0815114227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:14DALChris TanevAssists: Roope Hintz, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:19DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:56DALRadek FaksaGWGAssists: Sam Steel, Joe Pavelski · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P2 5:31DALJamie BennPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.09 xG4–0
  5. P2 6:06ANARyan StromeAssists: Frank Vatrano, Pavel Mintyukov · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P2 14:18DALMason MarchmentAssists: Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.22 xG5–1
  7. P3 4:13ANAAlex KillornPPAssists: Ryan Strome, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–2
  8. P3 7:18DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Roope Hintz, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.18 xG6–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:07DALTy Dellandrea: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:16ANABo Groulx: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:56ANARadko Gudas: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:21ANAGustav Lindstrom: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:39DALChris Tanev: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:17ANAMason McTavish: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 6:18ANARadko Gudas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 7:47DALTy Dellandrea: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 18:18DALMason Marchment: 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
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnston won the faceoff against McTavish
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALANA
36Shots on goal27
3.3Expected goals2.6
63Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won29
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
19Hits25
15Blocked shots14
13Giveaways10
7Takeaways6

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. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson8:21

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Duchene – Marchment – Stankoven2:06

    xG 0.14–0.08 (62%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Stankoven – Johnston7:57

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  4. Duchene – Hintz – Marchment2:20

    xG 0.04–0.01 (77%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Lindell4:51

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 2–0

  2. Heiskanen – Harley9:14

    xG 0.69–0.34 (67%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Heiskanen3:00

    xG 0.18–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – Terry9:03

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  2. Killorn – Jones – McTavish12:03

    xG 0.62–0.46 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Lundeström – Meyers6:54

    xG 0.27–0.22 (54%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Johnston – Groulx – Leason6:57

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVaakanainen – Lindstrom11:29

    xG 0.73–0.27 (73%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Mintyukov16:45

    xG 0.45–0.74 (38%)attempts 13–17goals 1–2

  3. Fowler – Zellweger14:20

    xG 0.30–0.68 (31%)attempts 11–18goals 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 2.6 xGDAL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #1024 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 61% 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).