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Tue, Jan 3, 2023·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 2, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01521005230
LAK110112113335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:58LAKRasmus KupariAssists: Kevin Fiala · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:31DALMiro HeiskanenAssists: Roope Hintz · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:13LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Drew Doughty, Quinton Byfield · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:09DALJason RobertsonAssists: Joe Pavelski, Roope Hintz · Snap, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:25LAKAdrian KempePPGWGAssists: Kevin Fiala, Gabriel Vilardi · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:36LAKCarl Grundstrom: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:36DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:44DALWyatt Johnston: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:19LAKBlake Lizotte: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 8:20DALTyler Seguin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:27LAKKevin Fiala: 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
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
30Shots on goal35
3.6Expected goals3.1
62Shot attempts63
22Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
39Hits29
15Blocked shots17
5Giveaways7
3Takeaways1

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. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson9:59

    xG 0.53–0.17 (76%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  2. Benn – Marchment – Johnston10:14

    xG 0.26–0.29 (47%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Faksa – Olofsson9:24

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Dellandrea – Kiviranta7:27

    xG 0.13–0.67 (16%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell14:48

    xG 1.31–0.91 (59%)attempts 15–17goals 1–0

  2. Hakanpää – Heiskanen2:12

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Lundkvist13:59

    xG 0.17–0.52 (24%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Kempe – Byfield11:32

    xG 0.72–0.33 (68%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo12:15

    xG 0.35–0.32 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Kupari5:53

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  4. Fiala – Vilardi – Lizotte8:42

    xG 0.64–0.86 (43%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRoy – Durzi13:15

    xG 1.00–0.31 (76%)attempts 23–14goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Walker11:05

    xG 0.78–0.40 (66%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Doughty – Anderson18:00

    xG 0.53–0.61 (46%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

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 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 49/100 · #767 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 56% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

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

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