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Thu, Mar 7, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 5, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 72% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL181638522
LAK11219012233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:28DALJaromir JagrPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:10LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Dwight King, Alec Martinez · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:30LAKJeff CarterAssists: Dustin Penner, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:46DALCody EakinPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Kari Lehtonen · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:16DALBrenden MorrowGWGAssists: Cody Eakin, Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:40DALJaromir JagrAssists: Jamie Benn, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:19DALAntoine RousselENAssists: Derek Roy · Wrist, 0.78 xG5–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:24LAKKeaton Ellerby: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 12:00LAKAlec Martinez: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:45LAKKeaton Ellerby: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:21DALStephane Robidas: Interference2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Roy won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
22Shots on goal33
3.4Expected goals2.1
41Shot attempts56
19Faceoffs won41
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
24Hits41
10Blocked shots8
7Giveaways7
3Takeaways3

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 – Smith – Eakin6:49

    xG 0.24–0.11 (68%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Roy – Roussel12:46

    xG 0.45–0.35 (56%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

  3. Jagr – Eriksson – Benn12:07

    xG 0.42–0.36 (54%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  4. Fiddler – Nystrom – Garbutt9:37

    xG 0.04–0.12 (25%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Benn16:07

    xG 0.84–0.12 (88%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Goligoski – Oleksiak14:21

    xG 0.45–0.64 (41%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

  3. Robidas – Dillon18:58

    xG 0.29–0.76 (27%)attempts 10–25goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar15:35

    xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan8:09

    xG 0.14–0.24 (38%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Richards – Penner11:33

    xG 0.24–0.38 (38%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  4. Stoll – Lewis – King10:46

    xG 0.15–0.50 (24%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty18:14

    xG 0.72–0.20 (79%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Martinez – Ellerby10:53

    xG 0.22–0.18 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Voynov3:42

    xG 0.18–0.21 (46%)attempts 4–5goals 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 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #268 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 72% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

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

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