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Tue, Feb 24, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Detroit Red Wings 0, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 83% of the time.

LAK winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET060707020
LAK11005012127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:24LAKJustin WilliamsPPGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jake Muzzin · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:03DETDrew Miller: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:08LAKMatt Greene: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:32LAKDwight King: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:54LAKTyler Toffoli: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 10:53DETJonas Gustavsson: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 16:23LAKRobyn Regehr: Holding2 min
  7. P3 0:12LAKMarian Gaborik: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 14:39DETJakub Kindl: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 16:14DETLuke Glendening: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 19:56LAKDrew Doughty: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:56DETJustin Abdelkader: Roughing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackLAK 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.

DETLAK
20Shots on goal27
1.6Expected goals3.6
41Shot attempts51
21Faceoffs won33
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
27Hits37
8Blocked shots12
6Giveaways14
4Takeaways1

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. Datsyuk – Helm – Tatar11:44

    xG 0.43–0.39 (52%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Nyquist – Sheahan6:14

    xG 0.17–0.16 (51%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Jurco – Glendening9:38

    xG 0.37–0.43 (46%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Andersson – Pulkkinen9:20

    xG 0.03–0.35 (7%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Smith – Marchenko12:43

    xG 0.22–0.20 (53%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Kindl – DeKeyser13:38

    xG 0.36–0.55 (39%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson13:19

    xG 0.30–0.55 (35%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Brown – Kopitar10:14

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Stoll – Lewis9:16

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Carter – King – Toffoli6:47

    xG 0.21–0.09 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Clifford – Nolan – Shore7:54

    xG 0.21–0.32 (40%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Doughty14:49

    xG 0.73–0.46 (61%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Muzzin14:19

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. McBain – McNabb11:19

    xG 0.19–0.21 (47%)attempts 6–8goals 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 3.6 xGDET 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1110 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 83% 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).