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Thu, Dec 23, 2010·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 62% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM0617113031229
LAK0911017032329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:39EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Ryan Whitney · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:31LAKJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Michal Handzus, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:25EDMJean-Francois JacquesAssists: Theo Peckham, Zack Stortini · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:45LAKJack JohnsonAssists: Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  2. 2. EDM Jordan Eberle scored
  3. 3. LAK Jack Johnson stopped
  4. 4. EDM Taylor Hall stopped
  5. 5. LAK Dustin Brown scored
  6. 6. EDM Linus Omark stopped
  7. 7. LAK Michal Handzus stopped
  8. 8. EDM Sam Gagner stopped
  9. 9. LAK Justin Williams stopped
  10. 10. EDM Dustin Penner stopped
  11. 11. LAK Jarret Stoll scored
  12. 12. EDM Andrew Cogliano stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:27EDMKurtis Foster: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:46LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:46EDMTheo Peckham: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:05LAKJustin Williams: Interference2 min
  5. P1 18:44EDMRyan Jones: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 1:22LAKMichal Handzus: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 7:42EDMLinus Omark: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 0:59EDMTheo Peckham: Holding2 min
  9. OT 4:33LAKRyan Smyth: Too many men on the ice2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
47% to win53% to win
← EDM attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cogliano won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMLAK
29Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.8
50Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
29Hits30
22Blocked shots7
10Giveaways13
4Takeaways8

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – O'Marra – Omark8:35

    xG 0.43–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Eberle – Hall15:57

    xG 0.59–0.42 (58%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Penner – Cogliano – Paajarvi11:44

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 12–20goals 0–0

  4. Jacques – Fraser – Stortini7:52

    xG 0.08–0.29 (23%)attempts 2–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFoster – Smid13:03

    xG 0.29–0.10 (75%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Strudwick – Whitney14:44

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Smid2:20

    xG 0.20–0.08 (73%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Richardson – Kopitar8:05

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Williams – Stoll13:01

    xG 0.32–0.28 (54%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Ponikarovsky – Lewis3:25

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Simmonds – Clifford3:07

    xG 0.14–0.17 (44%)attempts 3–4goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Scuderi – Johnson2:26

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Martinez – Doughty2:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Harrold – Drewiske10:48

    xG 0.17–0.23 (42%)attempts 9–4goals 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.

LAK 2.8 xGEDM 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #377 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 62% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

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

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