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Tue, Jan 16, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Los Angeles Kings 1, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 52% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK03116013132
DAL2908311528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:21DALRoope HintzAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:21DALEvgenii DadonovGWGAssists: Craig Smith, Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:31LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Phillip Danault, Adrian Kempe · Slap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:49DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson · Snap, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:52DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Thomas Harley, Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:33DALSam SteelSHAssists: Radek Faksa · Snap, 0.26 xG1–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:47LAKQuinton Byfield: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:22DALRoope Hintz: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:31DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 8:41DALTyler Seguin: Interference2 min
  5. P3 15:15DALJoel Hanley: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnston won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKDAL
32Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals3.3
75Shot attempts60
28Faceoffs won29
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
18Hits23
15Blocked shots22
6Giveaways11
4Takeaways4

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. bestLewis – Grundstrom – Kaliyev3:39

    xG 0.32–0.05 (87%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  2. Dubois – Kaliyev – Laferriere8:25

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield9:25

    xG 0.42–0.37 (53%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  4. Danault – Fiala – Moore12:19

    xG 0.47–0.50 (49%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnglund – Clarke3:07

    xG 0.31–0.05 (85%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson8:57

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Roy14:03

    xG 0.74–0.71 (51%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHintz – Robertson – Johnston11:44

    xG 1.08–0.42 (72%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  2. Dadonov – Smith – Faksa8:20

    xG 0.43–0.21 (68%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment12:52

    xG 1.14–1.07 (52%)attempts 15–22goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Benn – Steel9:38

    xG 0.02–0.69 (3%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanley – Harley14:51

    xG 1.06–0.49 (68%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Lundkvist14:23

    xG 0.67–0.63 (51%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Hanley – Lundkvist2:37

    xG 0.01–0.28 (3%)attempts 2–6goals 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 3.3 xGLAK 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #998 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 52% of the time.

DAL winsLAK wins

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

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