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Wed, Nov 23, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Los Angeles Kings 2, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 59% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK08280602224
DAL0901421312338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:53LAKMike RichardsAssists: Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:29LAKKevin WestgarthAssists: Ethan Moreau · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:07DALJamie BennAssists: Eric Nystrom, Radek Dvorak · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:39DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Jamie Benn, Michael Ryder · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:56DALSteve OttGWGAssists: Stephane Robidas, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:50LAKJarret Stoll: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:54LAKRob Scuderi: Interference2 min
  3. P1 18:04DALSteve Ott: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 8:11DALMike Ribeiro: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:12DALSteve Ott: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 17:39LAKEthan Moreau: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDAL
24Shots on goal38
2.7Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts72
29Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
28Hits31
18Blocked shots18
12Giveaways12
5Takeaways10

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. bestGagne – Williams – Kopitar14:01

    xG 0.49–0.16 (76%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Richards – Loktionov11:19

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 7–21goals 1–0

  3. Hunter – Stoll – Clifford6:27

    xG 0.16–0.07 (70%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Moreau – Fraser – Westgarth3:55

    xG 0.03–0.15 (15%)attempts 3–5goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Doughty15:51

    xG 0.50–0.44 (53%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Voynov10:26

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 7–7goals 2–1

  3. Mitchell – Johnson17:00

    xG 0.47–0.72 (39%)attempts 12–27goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom9:12

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  2. Petersen – Dowell – Wandell7:00

    xG 0.07–0.14 (35%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Ryder – Eriksson – Benn11:41

    xG 0.31–0.51 (38%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Ott – Vincour10:54

    xG 0.20–0.57 (26%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFistric – Larsen10:56

    xG 0.59–0.32 (65%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  2. Daley – Grossmann16:13

    xG 0.54–0.72 (43%)attempts 23–12goals 0–1

  3. Souray – Robidas14:02

    xG 0.19–0.49 (28%)attempts 13–8goals 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.

DAL 2.2 xGLAK 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 83/100 · #166 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 59% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

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

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