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Mon, Nov 15, 2010·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Los Angeles Kings 3, San Jose Sharks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 57% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11318114335
SJS210113311634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:33LAKScott ParseAssists: Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar · Backhand, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:05SJSRyane CloweAssists: Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:20SJSTorrey MitchellAssists: Jamie McGinn, Devin Setoguchi · Backhand, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:35SJSScott NicholAssists: Derek Joslin, Jamal Mayers · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:35LAKRyan SmythAssists: Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.28 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:39SJSPatrick MarleauPPGWGAssists: Dany Heatley, Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:06LAKJarret StollAssists: Rob Scuderi, Justin Williams · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 7:49SJSDany HeatleyAssists: Kent Huskins, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 16:08SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Patrick Marleau · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:09SJSDerek Joslin: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:33SJSDan Boyle: Clipping2 min
  3. P2 12:33LAKBrad Richardson: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 15:49SJSJamie McGinn: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 2:30LAKMatt Greene: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:01LAKJarret Stoll: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:14LAKWayne Simmonds: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSJS
35Shots on goal34
3.0Expected goals3.4
57Shot attempts62
37Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits27
20Blocked shots8
13Giveaways16
9Takeaways11

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. bestSmyth – Williams – Stoll13:13

    xG 1.04–0.88 (54%)attempts 16–17goals 1–2

  2. Brown – Parse – Kopitar8:24

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

  3. Handzus – Simmonds – Clifford2:03

    xG 0.09–0.06 (60%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Westgarth – Clifford5:05

    xG 0.01–0.02 (37%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Doughty15:01

    xG 0.98–0.20 (83%)attempts 14–15goals 2–0

  2. Johnson – Doughty2:21

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Johnson15:22

    xG 0.70–1.27 (36%)attempts 19–20goals 0–3

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Setoguchi – McGinn9:10

    xG 0.78–0.18 (81%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Heatley14:10

    xG 0.87–0.57 (60%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  3. Clowe – Pavelski – Couture12:59

    xG 1.03–0.95 (52%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

  4. Mayers – Nichol – McLaren5:56

    xG 0.09–0.03 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHuskins – Demers17:38

    xG 1.75–0.77 (70%)attempts 27–12goals 2–1

  2. Boyle – Vlasic20:33

    xG 0.85–0.86 (50%)attempts 17–18goals 1–1

  3. Wallin – Joslin10:42

    xG 0.17–0.32 (35%)attempts 7–11goals 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.

SJS 3.4 xGLAK 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #241 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 57% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).