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Sat, Oct 22, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 0, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 54% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01001107028
LAK0901015124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 15:02LAKJack JohnsonGWGAssists: Rob Scuderi, Mike Richards · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 16:42LAKMike Richards: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 16:42DALSteve Ott: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 2:18LAKMatt Greene: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:13DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:58LAKSimon Gagne: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 8:50DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:32DALAlex Goligoski: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 15:32LAKBrad Richardson: Boarding2 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
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stoll won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
28Shots on goal24
2.6Expected goals2.8
57Shot attempts60
27Faceoffs won19
2Power plays1
11Penalty minutes11
31Hits32
26Blocked shots11
14Giveaways12
3Takeaways5

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. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Ryder12:21

    xG 0.94–0.29 (77%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  2. Petersen – Burish – Wandell5:52

    xG 0.20–0.04 (82%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Eriksson – Benn11:38

    xG 0.14–0.22 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom10:06

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Pardy16:18

    xG 1.25–0.22 (85%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  2. Souray – Robidas15:27

    xG 0.62–0.12 (84%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Grossmann13:00

    xG 0.07–0.45 (13%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. Moreau – Richardson – Lewis2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Richards – Penner11:16

    xG 0.21–0.27 (43%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Westgarth – Clifford5:25

    xG 0.02–0.09 (22%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Moreau – Stoll – Richardson7:49

    xG 0.07–0.17 (29%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Martinez11:42

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Scuderi – Johnson17:24

    xG 0.06–0.64 (8%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Voynov16:06

    xG 0.50–1.12 (31%)attempts 23–23goals 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 2.8 xGDAL 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1205 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 54% 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).