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Mon, Dec 13, 2010·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Los Angeles Kings 5, Detroit Red Wings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 72% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1611139526
DET012026013051

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:27LAKWayne SimmondsGWGAssists: Matt Greene, Alexei Ponikarovsky · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:39LAKOscar MollerAssists: Kyle Clifford, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:23LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Dustin Brown, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–0
  4. P3 2:59LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.04 xG4–0
  5. P3 6:03LAKJack JohnsonPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown · Slap, 0.03 xG5–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 7:30LAKAlec Martinez: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:41LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  3. P3 3:11DETJustin Abdelkader: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P3 10:36LAKAlexei Ponikarovsky: Hooking2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDET
26Shots on goal51
2.4Expected goals3.8
44Shot attempts84
25Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits24
16Blocked shots6
10Giveaways10
5Takeaways4

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar10:46

    xG 0.81–0.33 (71%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Zeiler – Lewis – Clifford4:35

    xG 0.13–0.11 (53%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Zeiler – Moller – Clifford2:10

    xG 0.08–0.19 (30%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Stoll – Lewis3:43

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Doughty4:59

    xG 0.51–0.25 (67%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty12:47

    xG 1.14–0.97 (54%)attempts 15–12goals 2–0

  3. Mitchell – Martinez2:55

    xG 0.14–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Filppula – Franzen11:37

    xG 1.14–0.52 (69%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  2. Cleary – Hudler – Helm10:03

    xG 0.59–0.36 (62%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Eaves – Miller – Abdelkader6:57

    xG 0.14–0.10 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg10:44

    xG 0.27–0.74 (27%)attempts 7–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Stuart13:55

    xG 1.07–0.82 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

  2. Salei – Kronwall13:49

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 24–12goals 0–0

  3. Rafalski – Ericsson14:09

    xG 0.60–0.55 (52%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

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.

DET 3.8 xGLAK 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETLAK

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 LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1153 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 72% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

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

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