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Fri, Feb 7, 2025·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Dallas Stars 4, Los Angeles Kings 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

LAK winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL1818212020430
LAK112211113012537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:11LAKWarren FoegeleAssists: Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:58DALMatt DucheneAssists: Brendan Smith, Mathew Dumba · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:16LAKKevin FialaAssists: Phillip Danault · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:29DALThomas HarleyAssists: Cody Ceci, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:43LAKAlex LaferriereAssists: Quinton Byfield, Kevin Fiala · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:53DALMavrik BourqueAssists: Jamie Benn, Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:41DALMatt DucheneAssists: Mikael Granlund, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 11:40LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Adrian Kempe, Trevor Moore · Deflected, 0.12 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Adrian Kempe scored
  2. 2. DAL Jason Robertson stopped
  3. 3. LAK Kevin Fiala scored
  4. 4. DAL Matt Duchene stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:41LAKJacob Moverare: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:22DALMason Marchment: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 0:00DALBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 0:00LAKTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 14:47LAKAdrian Kempe: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 14:47DALOskar Bäck: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
43% to win57% 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 goal37
2.6Expected goals3.7
68Shot attempts82
33Faceoffs won26
1Power plays1
9Penalty minutes9
19Hits13
22Blocked shots20
19Giveaways11
4Takeaways7

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. bestSteel – Bäck – Stankoven5:45

    xG 0.14–0.05 (74%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dadonov – Bourque2:33

    xG 0.16–0.09 (64%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Bourque – Johnston4:30

    xG 0.09–0.09 (50%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Steel – Bäck – Bourque3:01

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Dumba12:13

    xG 1.27–0.68 (65%)attempts 29–12goals 1–1

  2. Lindell – Bichsel15:39

    xG 0.30–0.75 (29%)attempts 7–22goals 2–1

  3. Ceci – Harley17:26

    xG 0.46–1.10 (30%)attempts 17–26goals 1–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFiala – Byfield – Laferriere13:13

    xG 0.62–0.20 (76%)attempts 17–5goals 1–1

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Jeannot2:24

    xG 0.34–0.02 (94%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Danault – Foegele – Moore13:08

    xG 0.70–0.52 (58%)attempts 17–16goals 1–1

  4. Lewis – Jeannot – Thomas4:43

    xG 0.00–0.22 (1%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Gavrikov21:13

    xG 1.41–0.61 (70%)attempts 38–23goals 3–2

  2. Moverare – Spence9:57

    xG 0.60–0.26 (70%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Spence6:19

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

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 3.7 xGDAL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 93/100 · #92 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.46 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 69% 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).