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Tue, Dec 31, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Los Angeles Kings 2, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

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

DAL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1140615225
DAL11321108332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:23LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Mike Richards, Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:58DALErik ColePPAssists: Alex Chiasson, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.54 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:13DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Alex Chiasson, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:16DALErik ColeGWGAssists: Rich Peverley, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:05LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Jeff Carter, Dwight King · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:04LAKMatt Greene: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:45DALRyan Garbutt: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:49LAKJustin Williams: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 12:07DALKevin Connauton: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 15:23LAKJordan Nolan: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 16:54DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:29LAKWillie Mitchell: Delaying game2 min
  8. P2 11:34LAKKyle Clifford: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:34LAKDrew Doughty: Holding2 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
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDAL
25Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals4.2
63Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
28Hits28
14Blocked shots17
11Giveaways11
6Takeaways8

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. Williams – Brown – Richards12:01

    xG 0.49–0.45 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Frattin – Nolan10:24

    xG 0.21–0.18 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Kopitar – King11:21

    xG 0.51–0.51 (50%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  4. Lewis – Clifford – Toffoli6:31

    xG 0.12–0.21 (37%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Muzzin7:35

    xG 0.59–0.09 (87%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Regehr – Greene3:40

    xG 0.01–0.04 (15%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Voynov17:08

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Peverley – Nichushkin5:51

    xG 0.58–0.09 (87%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt10:12

    xG 0.62–0.28 (68%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Chiasson – Seguin6:46

    xG 0.19–0.10 (64%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin3:59

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRome – Benn12:47

    xG 0.93–0.33 (74%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  2. Gaunce – Connauton12:19

    xG 0.48–0.26 (65%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Dillon16:44

    xG 0.25–0.62 (29%)attempts 9–17goals 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 4.2 xGLAK 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 37/100 · #713 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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.

DAL winsLAK wins

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

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

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