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Sat, Nov 19, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Detroit Red Wings 4, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11321718438
LAK180709124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:37LAKMike RichardsSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:14DETPavel DatsyukPPAssists: Tomas Holmstrom, Nicklas Lidstrom · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:08DETNiklas KronwallPPGWGAssists: Tomas Holmstrom, Johan Franzen · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:38DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Brendan Smith, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:06DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Johan Franzen · Snap, 0.12 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:29LAKJustin Williams: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:40DETTodd Bertuzzi: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:53LAKAndrei Loktionov: Interference2 min
  4. P2 1:47DETPavel Datsyuk: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:09LAKRob Scuderi: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:31DETBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:54LAKMike Richards: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 4:44LAKDustin Brown: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 15:34DETJustin Abdelkader: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 16:07DETNiklas Kronwall: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETLAK
38Shots on goal24
2.9Expected goals2.7
54Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won27
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
18Hits26
13Blocked shots7
6Giveaways14
8Takeaways1

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Datsyuk – Franzen10:13

    xG 0.72–0.12 (86%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Holmstrom – Miller – Emmerton4:25

    xG 0.11–0.02 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – Abdelkader – Helm5:06

    xG 0.05–0.07 (41%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Abdelkader – Helm2:09

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLidstrom – Ericsson11:26

    xG 0.94–0.15 (86%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson2:03

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Smith8:31

    xG 0.20–0.08 (70%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Brown – Richards2:47

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Richardson – Clifford3:29

    xG 0.07–0.04 (67%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Gagne – Williams – Kopitar6:34

    xG 0.14–0.15 (49%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Moreau – Fraser – Lewis5:25

    xG 0.02–0.07 (26%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Doughty3:07

    xG 0.13–0.01 (93%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Voynov3:11

    xG 0.04–0.20 (18%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Scuderi – Greene9:10

    xG 0.13–0.48 (22%)attempts 6–6goals 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 2.7 xGDET 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #771 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

LAK winsDET wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).