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Mon, Nov 22, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Los Angeles Kings 2, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 75% of the time.

OTT winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11217011230
OTT181714319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:00OTTAlex KovalevPPAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Chris Phillips · Slap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:17LAKAnze KopitarUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:52LAKRyan SmythPPAssists: Justin Williams · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:04OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Daniel Alfredsson · Snap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:19OTTJason SpezzaGWGAssists: Alex Kovalev, Matt Carkner · Snap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:19LAKRyan Smyth: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:19OTTChris Campoli: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 6:19OTTChris Campoli: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:23LAKWayne Simmonds: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:02OTTChris Phillips: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:40OTTSergei Gonchar: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 11:08OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 11:08LAKKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 19:50OTTJesse Winchester: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 0:43LAKWayne Simmonds: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 14:04OTTDavid Hale: Interference2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stoll won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKOTT
30Shots on goal19
2.8Expected goals1.5
48Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won29
5Power plays2
14Penalty minutes20
24Hits22
15Blocked shots10
8Giveaways13
6Takeaways9

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. bestBrown – Richardson – Lewis2:19

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Williams – Stoll12:34

    xG 0.44–0.17 (72%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Lewis – Westgarth3:36

    xG 0.28–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Simmonds – Clifford6:57

    xG 0.21–0.15 (59%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrold – Drewiske10:05

    xG 0.90–0.46 (66%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty16:41

    xG 0.62–0.18 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Johnson14:39

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestKovalev – Michalek – Regin7:46

    xG 0.30–0.13 (69%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Spezza – Michalek2:28

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Ruutu – Neil – Winchester3:30

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Kelly – Winchester3:09

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phillips – Carkner5:22

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  2. Phillips – Campoli9:47

    xG 0.16–0.22 (42%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Hale – Campoli3:09

    xG 0.00–0.07 (4%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

OTT 1.5 xGLAK 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #533 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 75% of the time.

OTT winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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