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Thu, Mar 21, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 2, Los Angeles Kings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 84% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0501026221
LAK012018010040

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 6:34DALJaromir JagrGWGAssists: Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:56DALRay WhitneyAssists: Alex Goligoski, Loui Eriksson · Slap, 0.07 xG2–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:12DALStephane Robidas: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:36DALBrenden Morrow: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 18:07LAKDustin Brown: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P3 2:36LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min
  5. P3 13:03DALEric Nystrom: Hooking2 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 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
21Shots on goal40
1.9Expected goals4.2
44Shot attempts69
24Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
33Hits37
10Blocked shots13
8Giveaways10
2Takeaways4

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. bestJagr – Nystrom – Benn4:01

    xG 0.37–0.17 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Eriksson – Eakin2:02

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0

  3. Fiddler – Roussel – Vincour2:08

    xG 0.04–0.02 (70%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Roussel – Eakin5:57

    xG 0.20–0.36 (36%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Larsen – Benn9:15

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Dillon16:55

    xG 0.54–0.76 (41%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Goligoski16:36

    xG 0.39–0.95 (29%)attempts 12–21goals 2–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Lewis – King10:46

    xG 0.86–0.26 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Brown – Kopitar14:25

    xG 0.65–0.32 (67%)attempts 13–5goals 0–2

  3. Carter – Richards – Penner10:45

    xG 0.52–0.38 (58%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  4. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan7:34

    xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty17:01

    xG 1.26–0.50 (72%)attempts 23–11goals 0–1

  2. Martinez – Ellerby8:50

    xG 0.41–0.27 (61%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Voynov14:19

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 11–17goals 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.

LAK 4.2 xGDAL 1.9 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 11/100 · #640 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 38% (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, Los Angeles Kings win this game 84% 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).