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Tue, Apr 9, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Los Angeles Kings 1, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1801705130
DAL111010410531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:13LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:16DALAlex GoligoskiAssists: Aaron Rome, Vernon Fiddler · Slap, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:52DALRay WhitneyGWGAssists: Alex Chiasson, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:58DALVernon FiddlerAssists: Stephane Robidas · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:06DALRay WhitneyAssists: Loui Eriksson, Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–4
  6. P3 13:56DALVernon FiddlerAssists: Eric Nystrom, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:34DALLoui Eriksson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 0:34DALLoui Eriksson: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 9:10LAKJordan Nolan: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 18:03LAKDrew Doughty: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 9:40DALAaron Rome: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 9:40DALAaron Rome: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 15:24DALStephane Robidas: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 2:11LAKKyle Clifford: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 18:18LAKBrad Richardson: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 19:22DALAlex Chiasson: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDAL
30Shots on goal31
1.8Expected goals2.7
70Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won33
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
30Hits34
14Blocked shots18
6Giveaways12
7Takeaways11

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. bestCarter – Richards – Penner7:21

    xG 0.44–0.13 (77%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Lewis – King9:56

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Richardson – Nolan2:35

    xG 0.04–0.04 (54%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Penner – Clifford2:16

    xG 0.05–0.06 (47%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Voynov13:33

    xG 0.69–0.45 (61%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  2. Muzzin – Ellerby8:10

    xG 0.17–0.14 (54%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty2:16

    xG 0.09–0.17 (35%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Fiddler – Nystrom7:29

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 9–8goals 3–0

  2. Whitney – Eriksson – Benn3:27

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Wandell – Roussel – Garbutt4:06

    xG 0.19–0.04 (84%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Eakin – Fraser10:15

    xG 0.25–0.12 (68%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Daley12:56

    xG 0.79–0.28 (74%)attempts 17–12goals 4–0

  2. Rome – Larsen13:16

    xG 0.56–0.36 (61%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Dillon14:46

    xG 0.11–0.58 (16%)attempts 6–20goals 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.

DAL 2.7 xGLAK 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #426 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DAL 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 67% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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