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Thu, Jan 19, 2023·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 4, Los Angeles Kings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 62% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL31211002424
LAK09011014034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:54DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:20DALTyler SeguinUnassisted · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:44DALEsa LindellAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 7:27DALJason RobertsonAssists: Tyler Seguin, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 3:09DALTyler Seguin: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 8:21LAKKevin Fiala: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 10:07LAKPhillip Danault: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:39DALJason Robertson: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 18:22LAKBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 1:36DALJoel Kiviranta: Holding2 min
  7. P3 5:25LAKBlake Lizotte: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 7:20DALMason Marchment: Tripping2 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 20:00Lizotte won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALLAK
24Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals3.3
51Shot attempts65
22Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
29Hits27
21Blocked shots15
4Giveaways7
2Takeaways5

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 – Seguin – Robertson11:12

    xG 1.11–0.43 (72%)attempts 19–10goals 3–0

  2. Glendening – Marchment – Kiviranta8:51

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston6:45

    xG 0.35–0.31 (53%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Faksa – Olofsson – Gurianov7:15

    xG 0.08–0.42 (15%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Heiskanen8:03

    xG 0.64–0.27 (70%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Heiskanen4:36

    xG 0.60–0.33 (64%)attempts 7–5goals 2–0

  3. Suter – Hanley5:50

    xG 0.31–0.08 (80%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Fiala – Kempe9:34

    xG 0.95–0.33 (74%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  2. Anderson-Dolan – Lizotte – Byfield9:09

    xG 0.38–0.24 (61%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Lemieux – Kupari – Fagemo8:07

    xG 0.24–0.53 (31%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo9:02

    xG 0.24–0.54 (31%)attempts 9–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Walker12:55

    xG 1.00–0.52 (66%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  2. Roy – Durzi12:12

    xG 0.46–0.58 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Doughty – Anderson15:14

    xG 0.48–0.70 (41%)attempts 14–16goals 0–3

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 3.3 xGDAL 2.7 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 3/100 · #1300 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 62% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

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

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