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Mon, Oct 17, 2022·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Los Angeles Kings 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK21111011411536
DET1111122901433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:26DETAdam ErneAssists: Pius Suter, Olli Maatta · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:45LAKGabriel VilardiAssists: Alex Iafallo, Drew Doughty · Deflected, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:40LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Kevin Fiala, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:15DETDavid PerronAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Olli Maatta · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:18LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Trevor Moore, Sean Durzi · Snap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:14DETDavid PerronPPAssists: Filip Hronek, Oskar Sundqvist · Snap, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:16LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala · Poke, 0.24 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:19DETOskar SundqvistAssists: David Perron, Dominik Kubalik · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:12LAKPhillip DanaultGWGAssists: Trevor Moore · Deflected, 0.13 xG5–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:59DETLucas Raymond: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:50LAKBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 4:54LAKSean Durzi: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:07DETDavid Perron: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:57DETLucas Raymond: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:07LAKKevin Fiala: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:09DETElmer Soderblom: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:58LAKBrandt Clarke: Hooking2 min · PPG

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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rasmussen won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDET
36Shots on goal33
3.6Expected goals3.0
63Shot attempts55
40Faceoffs won22
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits29
11Blocked shots15
7Giveaways8
7Takeaways4

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. bestVilardi – Iafallo – Byfield8:31

    xG 0.82–0.27 (76%)attempts 10–5goals 1–1

  2. Lemieux – Grundstrom – Lizotte4:56

    xG 0.53–0.08 (87%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

  3. Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe9:39

    xG 0.65–0.34 (66%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  4. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore11:01

    xG 0.48–0.21 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalker – Clarke9:07

    xG 0.84–0.08 (92%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson16:45

    xG 1.09–0.48 (70%)attempts 24–12goals 2–1

  3. Roy – Durzi12:14

    xG 0.58–0.40 (59%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestKubalik – Larkin – Raymond6:44

    xG 0.29–0.04 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Kubalik – Larkin3:25

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Sundqvist – Rasmussen – Soderblom6:13

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 8–5goals 0–2

  4. Perron – Copp – Zadina4:32

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Maatta – Hronek10:19

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  2. Chiarot – Seider12:09

    xG 0.35–0.58 (38%)attempts 13–11goals 0–3

  3. Hagg – Lindstrom12:43

    xG 0.41–1.14 (26%)attempts 9–16goals 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 3.0 xGLAK 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 98/100 · #31 of 1312 this seasonSwing 3.44 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 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 60% of the time.

DET winsLAK wins

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

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