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Sat, Jan 11, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Detroit Red Wings 3, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

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

LAK winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET190928326
LAK110015020145

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:10LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Mike Richards · Slap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:11DETRiley SheahanAssists: Tomas Tatar, Brendan Smith · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:06DETTomas TatarGWGAssists: Riley Sheahan, Todd Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:26DETDaniel ClearyAssists: Luke Glendening · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:08LAKKyle Clifford: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:08DETKyle Quincey: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:45DETJoakim Andersson: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 3:12LAKDrew Doughty: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 7:09DETHenrik Zetterberg: Concealing puck2 min
  6. P2 9:46DETBrendan Smith: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:46LAKColin Fraser: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 11:04LAKJeff Carter: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P2 18:31LAKJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 8:22DETTodd Bertuzzi: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETLAK
26Shots on goal45
2.4Expected goals5.0
44Shot attempts83
20Faceoffs won45
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
19Hits36
17Blocked shots7
10Giveaways14
0Takeaways2

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Cleary – Eaves – Glendening7:45

    xG 0.17–0.13 (58%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Eaves – Abdelkader – Glendening2:32

    xG 0.06–0.11 (36%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Tatar – Sheahan5:34

    xG 0.49–0.57 (46%)attempts 5–9goals 2–0

  4. Miller – Tatar – Sheahan2:04

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Kronwall – Smith12:22

    xG 0.43–0.66 (39%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser11:03

    xG 0.52–0.82 (39%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  3. Kindl – Lashoff9:16

    xG 0.52–0.99 (35%)attempts 6–16goals 2–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Frattin – Toffoli8:54

    xG 0.97–0.40 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Stoll – Brown9:32

    xG 0.54–0.03 (95%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Kopitar – King10:59

    xG 0.87–0.37 (70%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  4. Fraser – Lewis – Clifford5:58

    xG 0.53–0.08 (87%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Voynov10:55

    xG 0.83–0.04 (95%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty14:54

    xG 1.17–0.69 (63%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  3. Regehr – Martinez9:43

    xG 0.89–0.58 (60%)attempts 19–8goals 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.

LAK 5.0 xGDET 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #757 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 winsDET wins

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

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