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Sat, Dec 10, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 2, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1719012228
LAK0811009127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:35DALJamie BennPPAssists: Michael Ryder, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:58LAKBrad RichardsonSHAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:44DALTrevor DaleyGWGAssists: Tomas Vincour, Tom Wandell · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 2:55LAKKyle Clifford: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:31LAKKevin Westgarth: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:34LAKWillie Mitchell: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 11:34DALSteve Ott: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 12:12LAKJustin Williams: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 16:53DALJamie Benn: Interference2 min
  7. P1 18:41LAKJustin Williams: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 3:12DALAlex Goligoski: Holding2 min
  9. P2 6:43LAKKyle Clifford: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 12:05LAKJarret Stoll: Boarding2 min
  11. P2 12:42LAKDustin Brown: Interference2 min
  12. P2 12:42DALMike Ribeiro: Diving2 min
  13. P3 8:13DALStephane Robidas: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 12:58LAKDrew Doughty: Cross checking2 min
  15. P3 0:00DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 0:00LAKDrew Doughty: 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
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Loktionov won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
28Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.1
58Shot attempts63
28Faceoffs won31
7Power plays3
15Penalty minutes23
26Hits29
20Blocked shots15
6Giveaways13
4Takeaways8

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 – Ott8:11

    xG 0.56–0.47 (54%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Ryder – Eriksson – Benn9:30

    xG 0.19–0.15 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Dowell – Wandell – Vincour5:40

    xG 0.28–0.44 (39%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom11:33

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 6–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSouray – Robidas12:08

    xG 0.79–0.55 (59%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Grossmann9:48

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Larsen10:40

    xG 0.11–0.56 (16%)attempts 5–20goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestHunter – Stoll – Richardson6:48

    xG 0.24–0.07 (78%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Gagne – Williams – Loktionov9:25

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  3. Fraser – Westgarth – Clifford2:05

    xG 0.02–0.15 (13%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Penner – Kopitar9:54

    xG 0.19–0.54 (27%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Doughty11:27

    xG 0.57–0.18 (76%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Doughty3:08

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Voynov3:48

    xG 0.35–0.18 (67%)attempts 11–4goals 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 2.1 xGDAL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 46/100 · #627 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

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

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