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Sun, Feb 10, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Los Angeles Kings 2, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 81% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11502319247
DET21109111331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:44DETPavel DatsyukPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:28DETDamien BrunnerAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Ian White · Snap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:19LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Rob Scuderi, Slava Voynov · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:07LAKAlec MartinezAssists: Jeff Carter, Kyle Clifford · Backhand, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:55DETJonathan EricssonGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:11DETNiklas Kronwall: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 4:44LAKJustin Williams: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 8:17LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 0:35DETPavel Datsyuk: Holding2 min
  5. P2 9:47DETDaniel Cleary: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 10:14LAKAlec Martinez: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 15:51LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 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 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDET
47Shots on goal31
4.9Expected goals2.7
68Shot attempts44
37Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits24
7Blocked shots9
7Giveaways14
2Takeaways6

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. bestWilliams – Carter – Clifford9:48

    xG 1.71–0.57 (75%)attempts 17–5goals 0–1

  2. Gagne – Brown – Kopitar11:53

    xG 0.84–0.20 (81%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  3. Richards – King – Nolan8:16

    xG 0.22–0.15 (60%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Richardson – Kopitar2:01

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Voynov16:10

    xG 1.95–0.31 (86%)attempts 24–9goals 1–0

  2. Martinez – Voynov2:04

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Ellerby – Voynov2:24

    xG 0.09–0.02 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTootoo – Miller – Emmerton6:48

    xG 1.06–0.82 (56%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Andersson – Tatar8:17

    xG 0.17–0.17 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Cleary – Datsyuk – Filppula11:38

    xG 0.37–0.74 (33%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  4. Zetterberg – Franzen – Brunner11:34

    xG 0.25–1.32 (16%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. White – Ericsson14:39

    xG 0.38–0.50 (43%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  2. Quincey – Kindl11:08

    xG 0.78–0.91 (46%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Lashoff14:38

    xG 0.56–1.74 (24%)attempts 6–20goals 0–1

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.

DET 2.7 xGLAK 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #176 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +49 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 81% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

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

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