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Thu, Nov 13, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 2, Los Angeles Kings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1121708227
LAK0801405027

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:13DALRyan GarbuttGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:13DALJason SpezzaAssists: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:36LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:36DALCurtis McKenzie: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:27DALRyan Garbutt: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 11:02LAKBrayden McNabb: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 14:55DALShawn Horcoff: Holding2 min
  6. P1 15:28LAKJeff Carter: High sticking2 min
  7. P1 19:46LAKBrayden McNabb: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 0:31DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 3:37LAKJustin Williams: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horcoff won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
27Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.2
48Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
10Hits20
10Blocked shots14
10Giveaways11
1Takeaways3

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Benn – Seguin10:55

    xG 0.31–0.03 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Horcoff – Sceviour8:21

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Fiddler – Eaves – McKenzie2:09

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt9:01

    xG 0.29–0.77 (27%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Benn10:17

    xG 0.58–0.18 (76%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg16:05

    xG 0.51–0.32 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Dillon3:24

    xG 0.17–0.07 (71%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Williams – Kopitar7:33

    xG 0.70–0.32 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson5:40

    xG 0.33–0.06 (86%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Lewis – Clifford4:43

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar2:28

    xG 0.04–0.09 (27%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Muzzin6:44

    xG 0.59–0.31 (66%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. McBain – McNabb3:44

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – McNabb10:56

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 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.

LAK 2.2 xGDAL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1111 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 53% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

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

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