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Thu, Jan 4, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Detroit Red Wings 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET0821116022427
LAK217013110030343

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:50LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Alex Laferriere, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:18LAKMatt RoyAssists: Anze Kopitar, Quinton Byfield · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:59DETRobby FabbriAssists: Olli Maatta, Daniel Sprong · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:21DETJeff PetryAssists: Dylan Larkin, Joseph Veleno · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:24DETRobby FabbriAssists: Daniel Sprong, Patrick Kane · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:43LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Alex Laferriere · Snap, 0.04 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Trevor Moore stopped
  2. 2. DET Lucas Raymond scored
  3. 3. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  4. 4. DET Patrick Kane scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 6:08DETJeff Petry: Interference2 min
  2. P2 15:03LAKCarl Grundstrom: Interference2 min
  3. P2 0:00DETMoritz Seider: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 3:23LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETLAK
27Shots on goal43
3.8Expected goals3.9
55Shot attempts79
27Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits10
22Blocked shots11
3Giveaways9
5Takeaways7

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. Kane – DeBrincat – Veleno2:06

    xG 0.07–0.05 (62%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat2:20

    xG 0.06–0.03 (65%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Fischer – Rasmussen – Veleno2:15

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Compher – DeBrincat7:11

    xG 0.19–0.20 (49%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Gostisbehere3:17

    xG 0.41–0.01 (99%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Maatta3:48

    xG 0.11–0.05 (67%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Gostisbehere3:18

    xG 0.25–0.21 (55%)attempts 1–6goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Moore – Byfield11:18

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Kempe – Dubois – Laferriere13:12

    xG 0.49–0.26 (66%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  3. Danault – Fiala – Kaliyev4:35

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Lizotte – Kaliyev6:13

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Roy15:33

    xG 1.16–0.57 (67%)attempts 26–13goals 1–0

  2. Englund – Spence6:34

    xG 0.56–0.05 (91%)attempts 12–1goals 1–0

  3. Gavrikov – Spence3:24

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 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 3.9 xGDET 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 92/100 · #135 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.43 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 53% of the time.

LAK winsDET wins

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

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