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Wed, Apr 24, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Los Angeles Kings 1, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0418012124
DET013113210336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:28LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Trevor Lewis, Jarret Stoll · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:32DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:42DETJordin TootooGWGAssists: Patrick Eaves, Brendan Smith · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:34DETJohan FranzenPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:41LAKMatt Greene: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 4:51DETKyle Quincey: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:24DETValtteri Filppula: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 9:39DETValtteri Filppula: Interference2 min
  5. P3 12:27LAKRobyn Regehr: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 14:06LAKJeff Carter: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 14:44LAKDrew Doughty: Cross checking2 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 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDET
24Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals3.2
38Shot attempts64
21Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits22
12Blocked shots5
6Giveaways9
3Takeaways8

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 – Carter – Richardson12:53

    xG 1.04–0.28 (79%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Lewis – Clifford11:29

    xG 0.52–0.59 (47%)attempts 6–14goals 1–1

  3. Richards – Kopitar – Toffoli9:46

    xG 0.46–0.78 (37%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

  4. Fraser – King – Nolan7:47

    xG 0.05–0.61 (7%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Voynov14:49

    xG 1.03–0.83 (55%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

  2. Greene – Muzzin12:14

    xG 0.70–0.56 (56%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

  3. Regehr – Doughty15:32

    xG 0.29–0.89 (24%)attempts 5–24goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestTootoo – Eaves – Emmerton5:25

    xG 0.57–0.07 (88%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Andersson – Nyquist – Brunner8:38

    xG 0.43–0.19 (70%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  3. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader13:13

    xG 0.65–0.51 (56%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  4. Cleary – Filppula – Franzen11:48

    xG 0.31–1.02 (23%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson14:09

    xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 20–9goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – Smith13:04

    xG 0.48–0.20 (71%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  3. Quincey – Kindl2:36

    xG 0.10–0.11 (48%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

DET 3.2 xGLAK 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #563 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

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

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