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Sat, Apr 2, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 1, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 83% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0121508125
LAK012110210332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:15LAKWayne SimmondsAssists: Willie Mitchell, Trevor Lewis · Deflected, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:28DALBrad RichardsAssists: Jamie Benn, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:50LAKMatt GreeneGWGAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Kyle Clifford · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:52LAKDustin BrownENAssists: Jarret Stoll · Wrist, 0.69 xG1–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 19:51LAKBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 19:51DALMike Ribeiro: Roughing2 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 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Handzus
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
25Shots on goal32
1.6Expected goals3.7
55Shot attempts62
22Faceoffs won33
0Power plays0
2Penalty minutes2
30Hits36
17Blocked shots9
11Giveaways12
2Takeaways2

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. bestLangenbrunner – Petersen – Wandell7:39

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Langenbrunner – Ott – Wandell3:05

    xG 0.02–0.04 (36%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Segal13:48

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Eriksson – Benn16:30

    xG 0.35–0.73 (32%)attempts 14–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Skrastins – Fistric10:29

    xG 0.30–0.49 (38%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  2. Robidas – Goligoski20:53

    xG 0.47–1.01 (32%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  3. Woywitka – Daley19:09

    xG 0.59–1.41 (29%)attempts 16–26goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestHandzus – Brown – Penner14:42

    xG 1.32–0.32 (80%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Simmonds – Clifford9:27

    xG 0.91–0.33 (74%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Smyth – Stoll – Moller14:16

    xG 0.09–0.18 (34%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. Ponikarovsky – Lewis – Westgarth5:05

    xG 0.00–0.35 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Martinez13:39

    xG 1.39–0.23 (86%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty19:22

    xG 0.83–0.47 (64%)attempts 19–16goals 0–1

  3. Mitchell – Doughty2:16

    xG 0.08–0.02 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

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 3.7 xGDAL 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #961 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 83% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

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

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