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Wed, Feb 27, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Detroit Red Wings 1, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

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

LAK winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11307013133
LAK05013211229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:42DETKyle QuinceyUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:26LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Mike Richards, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:12LAKAnze KopitarGWGAssists: Dwight King, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:21LAKDustin Penner: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:56LAKRob Scuderi: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:35DETJustin Abdelkader: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 11:58DETJonathan Ericsson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:20DETPavel Datsyuk: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:27LAKSlava Voynov: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:18DETKyle Quincey: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 9:40DETPavel Datsyuk: Delaying game face off violation2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETLAK
33Shots on goal29
3.0Expected goals3.4
60Shot attempts50
31Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
17Hits29
8Blocked shots12
13Giveaways13
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestEaves – Andersson – Tatar7:36

    xG 0.39–0.05 (88%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Cleary – Datsyuk – Abdelkader12:04

    xG 0.66–0.42 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Tootoo – Miller – Emmerton10:21

    xG 0.35–0.75 (32%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  4. Zetterberg – Franzen – Brunner11:34

    xG 0.13–0.73 (16%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith10:56

    xG 0.77–0.15 (84%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Ericsson – Lashoff3:13

    xG 0.27–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Kindl2:37

    xG 0.03–0.11 (24%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Penner – King6:16

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  2. Carter – Richards – Penner2:07

    xG 0.17–0.03 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Richards – Lewis5:45

    xG 0.11–0.02 (85%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Brown – Kopitar11:58

    xG 0.32–0.40 (44%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllerby – Drewiske10:00

    xG 0.81–0.25 (76%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty14:43

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Voynov16:15

    xG 0.68–1.12 (38%)attempts 8–18goals 1–1

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.

LAK 3.4 xGDET 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #378 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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.

LAK winsDET wins

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

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