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Mon, Mar 7, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 70% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL04182911422
LAK171111500323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:39LAKWillie MitchellAssists: Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:47DALMike RibeiroAssists: Adam Burish, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:22LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Dustin Penner, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:57DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Jamie Langenbrunner · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:41LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:20DALJamie BennSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:38DALBrenden MorrowGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Alex Goligoski · Snap, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:15DALBrenden Morrow: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 6:02LAKAlexei Ponikarovsky: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 12:48LAKMatt Greene: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 12:48DALBrian Sutherby: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 17:43LAKKyle Clifford: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 17:43DALSteve Ott: Spearing5 min
  7. P1 17:43DALSteve Ott: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P2 2:59DALBrenden Morrow: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P2 11:10LAKMatt Greene: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 4:07DALStephane Robidas: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 9:11LAKJustin Williams: Slashing2 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 SOG0LAK
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
22Shots on goal23
2.0Expected goals3.1
45Shot attempts56
22Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
23Penalty minutes10
28Hits31
19Blocked shots10
7Giveaways14
2Takeaways5

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. bestEriksson – Benn – Vincour5:28

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Ribeiro – Burish9:32

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Petersen – Williams – Wandell4:29

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  4. Langenbrunner – Eriksson – Benn4:39

    xG 0.05–0.04 (52%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Goligoski14:48

    xG 0.34–0.17 (66%)attempts 13–11goals 1–2

  2. Skrastins – Fistric9:38

    xG 0.07–0.07 (50%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Woywitka – Daley11:54

    xG 0.55–1.18 (32%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Penner – Kopitar10:32

    xG 1.07–0.23 (83%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  2. Lewis – Westgarth – Clifford4:17

    xG 0.07–0.04 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  3. Handzus – Ponikarovsky – Simmonds7:28

    xG 0.04–0.02 (69%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Stoll – Brown5:30

    xG 0.07–0.11 (38%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Johnson10:36

    xG 1.19–0.07 (94%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Greene2:11

    xG 0.01–0.02 (33%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Doughty2:24

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

LAK 3.1 xGDAL 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 88/100 · #132 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.33 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 70% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).