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Thu, Jan 17, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Los Angeles Kings 2, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 58% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK171903219
DAL0605119130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:04LAKDustin BrownPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:39LAKCarl HagelinGWGAssists: Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:56DALEsa LindellAssists: Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 10:21LAKCarl Hagelin: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 18:01DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:35LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Kempe
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDAL
19Shots on goal30
2.3Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts81
35Faceoffs won26
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
21Hits20
24Blocked shots22
11Giveaways16
5Takeaways7

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestHagelin – Toffoli – Kempe7:41

    xG 0.51–0.06 (90%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar9:42

    xG 0.33–0.06 (85%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Leipsic – Iafallo6:33

    xG 0.16–0.13 (54%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Clifford – Wagner4:10

    xG 0.04–0.14 (21%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez11:56

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort11:50

    xG 0.32–0.32 (49%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Walker7:44

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Radulov – Seguin – Janmark2:00

    xG 0.06–0.03 (62%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Ritchie – Janmark – Hintz3:17

    xG 0.01–0.02 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Cogliano – Dickinson3:55

    xG 0.01–0.08 (13%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Pitlick – Faksa4:09

    xG 0.09–0.19 (31%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Heiskanen6:41

    xG 0.30–0.09 (77%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Carrick3:08

    xG 0.13–0.01 (91%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Fedun – Carrick3:11

    xG 0.06–0.05 (58%)attempts 2–7goals 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.

DAL 2.8 xGLAK 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1116 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 58% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

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

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