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Sat, Nov 20, 2010·TD Garden, Boston

Los Angeles Kings 4, Boston Bruins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

BOS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK2711008011426
BOS01428117020341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:57LAKBrad RichardsonAssists: Kevin Westgarth, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:17LAKMichal HandzusAssists: Davis Drewiske, Trevor Lewis · Snap, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:50LAKJarret StollAssists: Justin Williams, Rob Scuderi · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 4:30BOSBlake WheelerAssists: Tyler Seguin, Zdeno Chara · Snap, 0.25 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:57BOSGregory CampbellAssists: Shawn Thornton, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.31 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:44BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Recchi · Wrist, 0.40 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  2. 2. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  3. 3. BOS Tyler Seguin stopped
  4. 4. LAK Jack Johnson stopped
  5. 5. BOS Milan Lucic stopped
  6. 6. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
  7. 7. BOS Michael Ryder stopped
  8. 8. LAK Jarret Stoll stopped
  9. 9. BOS Nathan Horton stopped
  10. 10. LAK Justin Williams stopped
  11. 11. BOS David Krejci stopped
  12. 12. LAK Michal Handzus scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:08BOSZdeno Chara: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:03LAKDustin Brown: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:57LAKDavis Drewiske: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:48LAKJarret Stoll: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:53BOSJohnny Boychuk: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:22BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 17:32BOSMilan Lucic: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 18:40LAKJustin Williams: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 12:23LAKKyle Clifford: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 16:17BOSMark Recchi: 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 SOG0BOS
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Campbell won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKBOS
26Shots on goal41
2.7Expected goals4.0
50Shot attempts78
25Faceoffs won43
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
22Hits27
20Blocked shots17
4Giveaways5
7Takeaways8

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. Handzus – Simmonds – Clifford7:27

    xG 0.07–0.12 (38%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Lewis – Westgarth4:39

    xG 0.23–0.30 (43%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Smyth – Williams – Stoll10:02

    xG 0.38–0.53 (42%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – King10:57

    xG 0.51–0.66 (43%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrold – Drewiske8:34

    xG 0.97–0.11 (90%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty15:53

    xG 0.13–0.47 (21%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Johnson14:11

    xG 0.51–1.22 (29%)attempts 12–20goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Campbell – Marchand7:55

    xG 0.76–0.11 (87%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Ryder – Wheeler – Seguin4:48

    xG 0.50–0.07 (87%)attempts 6–4goals 1–1

  3. Recchi – Bergeron – Caron6:45

    xG 0.06–0.08 (42%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Krejci – Lucic10:21

    xG 0.38–0.42 (48%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Hunwick11:00

    xG 0.56–0.26 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Seidenberg – Stuart11:06

    xG 0.47–0.26 (65%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  3. Chara – Ference13:50

    xG 0.85–0.97 (47%)attempts 15–11goals 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.

BOS 4.0 xGLAK 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #116 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

BOS winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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