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Fri, Nov 20, 2015·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Los Angeles Kings 2, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 59% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11411508237
DET11029010329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:10DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:21LAKJeff CarterSHAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alec Martinez · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:45DETMike GreenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:08DETDylan LarkinGWGAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:43LAKJeff CarterAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:41DETLuke Glendening: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:39LAKDerek Forbort: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:09LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:52LAKMarian Gaborik: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 0:30DETJustin Abdelkader: Holding2 min
  6. P2 9:15DETAlexey Marchenko: Holding2 min
  7. P2 9:17LAKMarian Gaborik: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P2 12:58DETJustin Abdelkader: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0DET
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDET
37Shots on goal29
3.2Expected goals2.7
66Shot attempts44
32Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
27Hits23
6Blocked shots13
4Giveaways7
1Takeaways4

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. bestCarter – Lucic – Toffoli11:14

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Lewis – Shore6:11

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Kopitar – Pearson6:44

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Pearson3:22

    xG 0.09–0.05 (63%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez13:14

    xG 0.49–0.02 (96%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb14:50

    xG 0.89–0.45 (66%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  3. McBain – Muzzin2:01

    xG 0.37–0.01 (97%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Tatar – Sheahan7:03

    xG 0.32–0.10 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin7:30

    xG 0.48–0.52 (48%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Datsyuk – Pulkkinen10:50

    xG 0.14–0.32 (31%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Helm – Glendening7:15

    xG 0.01–0.39 (3%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Smith2:23

    xG 0.74–0.09 (89%)attempts 6–3goals 2–0

  2. Kronwall – Marchenko3:08

    xG 0.04–0.02 (65%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Green10:33

    xG 0.19–0.32 (38%)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.

DET 2.7 xGLAK 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 40/100 · #733 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 59% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).