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Sat, Jan 8, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Detroit Red Wings 0, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 87% of the time.

LAK winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0201009021
LAK2271817442

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:27LAKPhillip DanaultGWGAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:06LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Rasmus Kupari, Dustin Brown · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:23LAKAdrian KempeSHAssists: Matt Roy, Blake Lizotte · Snap, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P3 17:29LAKTrevor MooreENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.79 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:23DETJoseph Veleno: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:12DETDylan Larkin: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:12LAKPhillip Danault: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:12DETDylan Larkin: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 4:05LAKMikey Anderson: Interference2 min
  6. P2 14:41LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min
  7. P3 3:18DETNick Leddy: Holding2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Suter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETLAK
21Shots on goal42
2.6Expected goals5.4
45Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
27Hits18
16Blocked shots16
7Giveaways14
4Takeaways3

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. Bertuzzi – Fabbri – Raymond2:14

    xG 0.21–0.17 (56%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Namestnikov – Erne – Veleno5:37

    xG 0.17–0.22 (45%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Smith – Zadina3:16

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Fabbri – Rasmussen – Suter7:10

    xG 0.22–0.45 (32%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Seider2:26

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. DeKeyser – Seider12:33

    xG 0.28–0.64 (31%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Hronek16:52

    xG 0.68–1.04 (40%)attempts 19–19goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestLemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev10:43

    xG 0.75–0.07 (91%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore8:53

    xG 0.70–0.28 (72%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Frk – Kempe11:07

    xG 0.52–0.11 (82%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Andersson – Kupari7:32

    xG 0.43–0.35 (55%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson16:25

    xG 0.86–0.20 (81%)attempts 21–9goals 1–0

  2. Durzi – Bjornfot12:52

    xG 0.99–0.55 (64%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Roy13:22

    xG 0.41–0.52 (44%)attempts 7–12goals 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 5.4 xGDET 2.6 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 5/100 · #1271 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 87% 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).