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Mon, Nov 18, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 4, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA21116110427
DAL09011216236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:56ANAOlen ZellwegerAssists: Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:44ANABrett LeasonAssists: Pavel Mintyukov, Radko Gudas · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:39ANACutter GauthierPPGWGAssists: Brett Leason, Alex Killorn · Snap, 0.18 xG3–0
  4. P3 3:31DALEsa LindellAssists: Mavrik Bourque, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:08DALMatt DucheneAssists: Tyler Seguin, Mason Marchment · Backhand, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:32ANAJackson LaCombeAssists: Brett Leason, Cutter Gauthier · Backhand, 0.09 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:59DALMiro Heiskanen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:26ANAOlen Zellweger: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 6:28DALThomas Harley: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:56ANADrew Helleson: High sticking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Harkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADAL
27Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals4.1
48Shot attempts85
23Faceoffs won45
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
29Hits13
21Blocked shots12
24Giveaways18
7Takeaways4

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. bestLundeström – Leason – Gauthier9:31

    xG 0.57–0.38 (60%)attempts 13–9goals 2–1

  2. Killorn – Zegras – Carlsson12:13

    xG 0.33–0.30 (53%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Johnston – Harkins4:31

    xG 0.03–0.25 (11%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Vatrano – Terry12:13

    xG 0.32–1.26 (20%)attempts 13–22goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gudas – Mintyukov15:07

    xG 0.42–0.87 (33%)attempts 15–20goals 1–2

  2. LaCombe – Zellweger16:18

    xG 0.70–1.22 (37%)attempts 17–29goals 2–0

  3. Dumoulin – Helleson16:51

    xG 0.13–0.69 (16%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Seguin – Marchment10:59

    xG 1.14–0.07 (95%)attempts 18–3goals 1–1

  2. Benn – Bourque – Stankoven7:15

    xG 0.61–0.17 (78%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  3. Steel – Bäck – Bourque4:15

    xG 0.32–0.04 (89%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Steel – Bäck3:56

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Dumba10:19

    xG 0.83–0.18 (82%)attempts 19–4goals 1–1

  2. Lyubushkin – Harley8:20

    xG 0.67–0.09 (88%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Harley9:10

    xG 0.34–0.12 (73%)attempts 13–7goals 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 4.1 xGANA 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 63/100 · #483 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 75% of the time.

DAL winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).