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Tue, Nov 1, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Los Angeles Kings 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK08214010232
DAL118410012540

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:49DALRoope HintzPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:21LAKKevin FialaAssists: Carl Grundstrom, Drew Doughty · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:01DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:17DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Denis Gurianov, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:31DALRoope HintzUnassisted · Snap, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P2 14:37LAKArthur KaliyevPPAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P2 18:37DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Robertson · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:17LAKBlake Lizotte: Holding2 min
  2. P1 2:54DALJoe Pavelski: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 5:36LAKKevin Fiala: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:24LAKMikey Anderson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:51DALNils Lundkvist: Boarding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:57LAKPhillip Danault: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:24DALTy Dellandrea: Interference2 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
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDAL
32Shots on goal40
2.5Expected goals3.2
58Shot attempts74
31Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits19
22Blocked shots14
7Giveaways14
1Takeaways4

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. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore9:49

    xG 0.69–0.30 (69%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Vilardi13:26

    xG 0.78–0.64 (55%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Fiala – Grundstrom – Lizotte2:04

    xG 0.02–0.13 (13%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Fiala – Grundstrom – Kupari7:52

    xG 0.26–0.39 (40%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Walker11:28

    xG 0.57–0.38 (60%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  2. Roy – Clarke3:42

    xG 0.06–0.04 (61%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Walker – Clarke2:14

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson11:18

    xG 0.57–0.33 (63%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Seguin – Gurianov – Marchment11:01

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston10:34

    xG 0.76–0.60 (56%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta9:31

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell13:50

    xG 1.14–0.54 (68%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Heiskanen14:10

    xG 0.54–0.51 (51%)attempts 15–13goals 2–0

  3. Suter – Lundkvist16:28

    xG 0.59–0.57 (51%)attempts 21–18goals 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 3.2 xGLAK 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #688 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 48% (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 61% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

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

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