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Sun, Feb 23, 2025·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 4, Detroit Red Wings 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 79% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA114162800428
DET3101140715536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:11DETMarco KasperAssists: Lucas Raymond · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:29DETAlex DeBrincatPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–2
  3. P1 5:06DETPatrick KanePPAssists: Moritz Seider, Lucas Raymond · Snap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P1 8:24ANARyan StromeAssists: Troy Terry, Frank Vatrano · Snap, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P2 2:14DETMichael RasmussenPPAssists: J.T. Compher, Erik Gustafsson · Deflected, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P2 7:04ANACutter GauthierAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Mason McTavish · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:44ANAOlen ZellwegerAssists: Leo Carlsson, Robby Fabbri · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:07ANACutter GauthierUnassisted · Backhand, 0.05 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:00DETPatrick KaneGWGAssists: Marco Kasper · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:21ANAIsac Lundeström: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:21ANABrian Dumoulin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 5:24ANAFrank Vatrano: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 5:24DETAlbert Johansson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 1:19ANADrew Helleson: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:14DETAlbert Johansson: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:00DETBen Chiarot: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 0:00ANATroy Terry: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 4:53ANARadko Gudas: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANADET
28Shots on goal36
3.0Expected goals5.1
54Shot attempts70
30Faceoffs won35
1Power plays4
12Penalty minutes6
37Hits28
12Blocked shots12
16Giveaways18
4Takeaways3

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. bestFabbri – McTavish – Gauthier13:28

    xG 0.77–0.48 (62%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Zegras – Carlsson10:01

    xG 0.38–0.39 (50%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Vatrano – Terry12:03

    xG 0.66–0.75 (47%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  4. Johnston – Lundeström – Leason6:35

    xG 0.01–0.19 (5%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – LaCombe16:00

    xG 1.10–0.68 (62%)attempts 18–19goals 1–0

  2. Dumoulin – Helleson14:33

    xG 0.42–0.77 (35%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Trouba – Zellweger12:52

    xG 0.28–0.92 (23%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Veleno – Soderblom2:54

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Compher – DeBrincat12:22

    xG 0.85–0.65 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Motte – Veleno – Berggren6:46

    xG 0.24–0.18 (58%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Rasmussen – Soderblom6:47

    xG 0.35–0.42 (46%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Gustafsson12:07

    xG 0.61–0.26 (70%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Seider15:12

    xG 0.82–0.76 (52%)attempts 23–15goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Edvinsson16:43

    xG 0.63–0.80 (44%)attempts 7–12goals 1–2

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.

DET 5.1 xGANA 3.0 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 92/100 · #100 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 79% of the time.

DET winsANA wins

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

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