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Fri, Oct 31, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Los Angeles Kings 2, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 88% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK07112111230
DET41208115535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:51DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:42DETPavel DatsyukUnassisted · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:44DETGustav NyquistPPGWGAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk · Slap, 0.63 xG0–3
  4. P1 15:28DETTomas TatarAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P2 10:41LAKAlec MartinezAssists: Mike Richards, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:48LAKTyler ToffoliSHAssists: Robyn Regehr, Dwight King · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:50DETPavel DatsyukENAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Justin Abdelkader · Snap, 0.64 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:54LAKMatt Greene: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:16LAKMike Richards: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:40LAKMike Richards: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 17:01DETGustav Nyquist: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:59DETDanny DeKeyser: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 0:40LAKJarret Stoll: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  7. P3 2:29DETDanny DeKeyser: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  8. P3 3:53LAKJordan Nolan: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 3:53DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 8:22LAKDrew Doughty: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stoll won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDET
30Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals5.1
52Shot attempts55
37Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
30Hits11
12Blocked shots10
3Giveaways6
1Takeaways5

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. bestRichards – Lewis – Clifford8:11

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Stoll – Brown9:34

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson7:43

    xG 0.12–0.71 (14%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. King – Nolan – Andreoff7:31

    xG 0.04–1.01 (4%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Regehr – Martinez13:15

    xG 0.60–0.85 (41%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty16:02

    xG 0.24–0.55 (31%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Greene – McNabb12:15

    xG 0.21–0.89 (19%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Nestrasil – Jurco7:55

    xG 0.93–0.05 (95%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader10:10

    xG 0.92–0.22 (81%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan9:42

    xG 0.43–0.44 (49%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  4. Miller – Andersson – Glendening12:21

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – Smith11:25

    xG 1.20–0.18 (87%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Kindl3:06

    xG 0.23–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – DeKeyser4:26

    xG 0.22–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–2goals 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 5.1 xGLAK 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #418 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 88% 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).