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Sat, Nov 12, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Detroit Red Wings 3, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 51% of the time.

LAK winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1406211321
LAK292804421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:09LAKCarl GrundstromAssists: Rasmus Kupari, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:09DETDominik KubalikPPAssists: Filip Hronek, David Perron · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:21LAKKevin FialaPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Adrian Kempe · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:23LAKSean DurziAssists: Phillip Danault, Arthur Kaliyev · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:41LAKSean DurziPPGWGAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Phillip Danault · Slap, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:57DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Oskar Sundqvist, Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:59DETFilip HronekAssists: Dominik Kubalik, David Perron · Slap, 0.03 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:05LAKAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:26DETBen Chiarot: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:55LAKAdrian Kempe: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:20DETBen Chiarot: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 13:26DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:01LAKViktor Arvidsson: Holding2 min
  7. P3 0:42LAKPhillip Danault: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
49% to win51% to win
← DET attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kupari won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETLAK
21Shots on goal21
2.2Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
35Hits23
22Blocked shots21
5Giveaways10
2Takeaways2

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. bestCzarnik – Veleno – Berggren5:58

    xG 0.35–0.10 (77%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Kubalik – Veleno2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Larkin – Suter – Raymond6:07

    xG 0.04–0.07 (36%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Larkin – Berggren – Raymond4:15

    xG 0.10–0.23 (30%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Seider15:44

    xG 0.48–0.40 (54%)attempts 21–17goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Hronek13:44

    xG 0.02–0.16 (10%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Hagg – Oesterle10:44

    xG 0.24–0.55 (31%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore9:48

    xG 0.33–0.05 (86%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Fiala – Grundstrom – Kupari6:39

    xG 0.25–0.11 (70%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Vilardi11:56

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  4. Fiala – Lizotte – Kaliyev2:12

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRoy – Durzi12:12

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Walker14:18

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Anderson17:00

    xG 0.11–0.35 (24%)attempts 8–16goals 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.

LAK 2.2 xGDET 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 70/100 · #460 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 51% of the time.

LAK winsDET wins

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

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