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Thu, Feb 28, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL1101511315433
LAK281130702330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:57LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Sean Walker, Tyler Toffoli · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:28LAKBrendan LeipsicPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Deflected, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:48DALTyler SeguinAssists: Taylor Fedun, Ben Lovejoy · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:14DALMattias JanmarkAssists: Blake Comeau · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:46LAKAnze KopitarUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:53DALRadek FaksaAssists: Blake Comeau, Ben Lovejoy · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:19DALRoope HintzGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg · Backhand, 0.21 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:36LAKDerek Forbort: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:49DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:05LAKAustin Wagner: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:42LAKKurtis MacDermid: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 16:18DALBrett Ritchie: Interference2 min
  6. P3 2:36LAKDustin Brown: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 5:43DALRoman Polak: Slashing2 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 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
33Shots on goal30
3.4Expected goals3.1
58Shot attempts62
31Faceoffs won36
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits28
15Blocked shots14
9Giveaways16
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. bestComeau – Faksa – Janmark9:47

    xG 0.58–0.38 (60%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Nichushkin – L'Esperance3:31

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Faksa – Gurianov2:39

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

  4. Radulov – Seguin – Nichushkin5:42

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Fedun6:54

    xG 0.60–0.20 (75%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Lovejoy – Lindell3:37

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Klingberg – Heiskanen3:32

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Leipsic – Luff4:18

    xG 0.36–0.05 (89%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Toffoli9:31

    xG 0.54–0.27 (67%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  3. Lewis – Clifford – Wagner5:34

    xG 0.18–0.12 (59%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Brodzinski – Kempe – Iafallo5:36

    xG 0.03–0.25 (12%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Roy13:59

    xG 0.82–0.39 (68%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort19:10

    xG 0.50–0.59 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGDAL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 81/100 · #254 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.98 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 55% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).