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Sat, Nov 16, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Detroit Red Wings 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 97% of the time.

LAK winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET050518118
LAK215014212441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:05LAKMikey AndersonAssists: Phillip Danault, Trevor Moore · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:27LAKTanner JeannotGWGAssists: Trevor Lewis, Samuel Helenius · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:15LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Warren Foegele, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:33DETDylan LarkinAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Vladimir Tarasenko · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:11LAKAdrian KempeENAssists: Anze Kopitar, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–4
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 5:00DETJ.T. Compher: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETLAK
18Shots on goal41
1.3Expected goals5.4
57Shot attempts77
30Faceoffs won38
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
22Hits26
11Blocked shots31
24Giveaways19
4Takeaways2

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 – Tarasenko – Kasper8:08

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Tarasenko – Berggren – Kasper4:39

    xG 0.10–0.32 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  3. Motte – Fischer – Veleno11:20

    xG 0.01–0.30 (4%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Copp – Compher – Berggren7:11

    xG 0.18–0.49 (27%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Petry – Gustafsson17:39

    xG 0.46–0.85 (35%)attempts 16–16goals 0–1

  2. Holl – Johansson11:41

    xG 0.36–0.87 (29%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. Chiarot – Seider21:07

    xG 0.39–1.06 (27%)attempts 20–29goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Fiala – Moore12:36

    xG 1.18–0.30 (80%)attempts 24–15goals 1–0

  2. Foegele – Byfield – Laferriere12:23

    xG 0.80–0.16 (83%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Turcotte8:39

    xG 0.64–0.29 (69%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Jeannot – Helenius8:45

    xG 0.18–0.04 (80%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Anderson19:57

    xG 1.98–0.50 (80%)attempts 26–22goals 2–0

  2. Moverare – Spence13:43

    xG 0.66–0.17 (80%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  3. Edmundson – Clarke15:37

    xG 0.74–0.47 (61%)attempts 16–17goals 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 5.4 xGDET 1.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #1029 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.45 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 97% 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).