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Tue, Jan 19, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 2, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 58% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL2909011229
LAK2130719329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:03DALAles HemskyAssists: Mattias Janmark, Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:31LAKVincent LecavalierPPAssists: Jamie McBain, Jeff Carter · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:01LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Anze Kopitar, Tyler Toffoli · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:34DALCody EakinAssists: Patrick Sharp, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:17LAKMilan LucicGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jake Muzzin · Snap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:19DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:08LAKNicholas Shore: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:57DALKari Lehtonen: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  4. P1 19:53LAKVincent Lecavalier: Illegal check to head2 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
47% to win54% to win
← DAL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Janmark won the faceoff against Lecavalier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
29Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals2.7
58Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won36
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits25
15Blocked shots14
11Giveaways13
2Takeaways4

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. bestHemsky – Roussel – Janmark11:55

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  2. Spezza – Benn – Seguin14:35

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Moen – Fiddler – Eaves5:08

    xG 0.11–0.28 (28%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Eakin – Nichushkin14:07

    xG 0.73–1.03 (41%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Demers16:16

    xG 0.60–0.23 (73%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg18:52

    xG 0.86–0.67 (56%)attempts 20–16goals 2–1

  3. Nemeth – Lindell13:21

    xG 0.36–1.28 (22%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Lewis – King11:17

    xG 0.90–0.42 (68%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Lucic – Toffoli15:05

    xG 0.78–0.42 (65%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  3. Gaborik – Andreoff – Shore8:55

    xG 0.23–0.39 (37%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  4. Lecavalier – Carter – Pearson11:41

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcBain – Muzzin9:25

    xG 0.96–0.60 (62%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb16:08

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty7:17

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 4–4goals 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 2.7 xGDAL 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 46/100 · #647 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 58% 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).