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Sun, Mar 31, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Los Angeles Kings 3, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11301829340
DAL041417215

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:25LAKJeff CarterAssists: Mike Richards, Dustin Penner · Backhand, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:16DALJamie BennAssists: Alex Goligoski · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:40LAKBrad RichardsonAssists: Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:49LAKJustin WilliamsGWGAssists: Dustin Brown, Slava Voynov · Wrist, 0.38 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:04DALRay WhitneyPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Derek Roy · Slap, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:55DALRay Whitney: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:08LAKAlec Martinez: Interference2 min
  3. P3 9:18LAKMike Richards: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDAL
40Shots on goal15
2.8Expected goals2.3
65Shot attempts51
31Faceoffs won17
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
22Hits34
16Blocked shots16
6Giveaways18
10Takeaways7

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 – Brown – Kopitar12:19

    xG 1.20–0.14 (90%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Richardson – Lewis – King2:18

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Richards – Penner10:57

    xG 0.53–0.45 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  4. Richardson – Clifford – Toffoli6:20

    xG 0.23–0.21 (52%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Voynov20:07

    xG 1.56–0.88 (64%)attempts 24–21goals 2–1

  2. Muzzin – Doughty17:19

    xG 0.91–0.55 (62%)attempts 25–13goals 1–0

  3. Martinez – Ellerby11:38

    xG 0.15–0.47 (24%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Eriksson – Eakin8:37

    xG 0.55–0.34 (61%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Petersen – Smith – Vincour2:55

    xG 0.22–0.11 (68%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Roy – Eriksson7:24

    xG 0.23–0.19 (54%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Roy – Roussel4:29

    xG 0.01–0.03 (30%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski14:52

    xG 0.75–0.30 (71%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Rome – Larsen14:07

    xG 0.65–0.55 (54%)attempts 16–16goals 0–1

  3. Robidas – Dillon17:14

    xG 0.21–1.48 (12%)attempts 9–21goals 0–2

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.

DAL 2.3 xGLAK 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #376 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 60% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

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

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