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Wed, Oct 27, 2010·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 68% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11009015134
CHI1911118328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:16CHIJake DowellAssists: Fernando Pisani, Duncan Keith · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:34LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Davis Drewiske, Peter Harrold · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:18CHIViktor StalbergGWGAssists: Duncan Keith, Dave Bolland · Backhand, 0.33 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:55CHIPatrick SharpAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:14CHIMarian Hossa: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:49LAKRyan Smyth: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:34LAKMatt Greene: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 8:03CHINick Boynton: Holding2 min
  5. P3 19:16LAKPeter Harrold: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Handzus won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
34Shots on goal28
3.0Expected goals2.1
59Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
27Hits23
19Blocked shots16
2Giveaways7
5Takeaways9

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. bestHandzus – Ponikarovsky – Simmonds10:53

    xG 1.17–0.17 (87%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Richardson – Kopitar9:32

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Smyth – Williams – Stoll11:34

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Richardson – Lewis – Clifford2:30

    xG 0.14–0.04 (76%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Harrold2:54

    xG 1.16–0.01 (99%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Greene13:33

    xG 0.79–0.15 (84%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  3. Harrold – Drewiske9:41

    xG 0.36–0.21 (63%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBolland – Stalberg – Kane8:59

    xG 0.39–0.17 (70%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  2. Pisani – Bickell – Dowell3:27

    xG 0.14–0.08 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Hossa – Kopecky – Brouwer6:20

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Skille – Toews11:14

    xG 0.17–0.35 (33%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook18:33

    xG 0.99–0.92 (52%)attempts 20–20goals 2–1

  2. Cullimore – Hjalmarsson13:31

    xG 0.12–0.71 (14%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Boynton – Hendry13:57

    xG 0.32–1.14 (22%)attempts 7–14goals 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.

CHI 2.1 xGLAK 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CHI is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #964 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 68% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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