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Sat, Jan 15, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 2, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2801008226
LAK281926523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:02EDMDustin PennerAssists: Ales Hemsky, Taylor Hall · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:13LAKMarco SturmAssists: Drew Doughty, Wayne Simmonds · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:49LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Justin Williams · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:56EDMAndrew CoglianoAssists: Ryan Jones, Liam Reddox · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:08LAKJarret StollGWGAssists: Dustin Brown, Marco Sturm · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:44LAKDrew DoughtyUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:10LAKJarret StollENAssists: Dustin Brown, Rob Scuderi · Wrist, 0.58 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:47LAKJack Johnson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 7:18LAKKyle Clifford: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 1:19EDMDustin Penner: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:57LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:28EDMTheo Peckham: Holding2 min
  6. P3 11:16LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:55EDMKurtis Foster: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:41LAKMichal Handzus: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMLAK
26Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won31
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
31Hits26
11Blocked shots7
13Giveaways14
1Takeaways10

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. bestHemsky – Penner – Hall12:31

    xG 0.70–0.29 (71%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  2. Jones – Reddox – Cogliano10:01

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Jacques – Fraser – MacIntyre5:38

    xG 0.09–0.06 (61%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Omark – Paajarvi8:48

    xG 0.25–0.83 (24%)attempts 4–13goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry11:28

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  2. Foster – Chorney10:14

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Gilbert – Peckham12:07

    xG 0.31–0.85 (27%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Williams – Kopitar13:29

    xG 0.81–0.52 (61%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Sturm – Stoll – Brown6:31

    xG 0.39–0.34 (54%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  3. Richardson – Lewis – Clifford2:55

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Sturm – Stoll – Simmonds3:59

    xG 0.09–0.14 (39%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Doughty10:29

    xG 0.65–0.54 (54%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Johnson4:28

    xG 0.25–0.29 (47%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Mitchell – Scuderi7:16

    xG 0.32–0.42 (43%)attempts 3–12goals 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.

LAK 2.9 xGEDM 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 56/100 · #513 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

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

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