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Thu, Feb 10, 2011·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Los Angeles Kings 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

PIT winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK1130201404133
PIT150110812226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:53PITBrett SterlingAssists: Dustin Jeffrey, Nick Johnson · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:17LAKJarret StollAssists: Ryan Smyth, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:41PITJordan StaalGWGAssists: Pascal Dupuis · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:21PITAlex Goligoski: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:22PITPascal Dupuis: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 1:30LAKDustin Brown: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 7:38LAKKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 7:38PITDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:12LAKWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 13:12PITRyan Craig: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 17:14LAKWillie Mitchell: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 1:57PITBrooks Orpik: Holding2 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 SOG0PIT
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Talbot won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPIT
33Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals1.7
66Shot attempts48
21Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
14Penalty minutes16
34Hits35
18Blocked shots21
5Giveaways6
4Takeaways3

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 – Stoll12:48

    xG 0.51–0.28 (64%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Handzus – Simmonds – Clifford7:37

    xG 0.20–0.05 (81%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Loktionov11:54

    xG 0.12–0.19 (37%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Doughty18:09

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 25–13goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Martinez7:14

    xG 0.19–0.07 (74%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Greene2:09

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestSterling – Johnson – Staal2:30

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – Kennedy – Staal8:45

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Adams – Craig – Vitale4:22

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Rupp – Vitale – Conner2:44

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Letang2:56

    xG 0.17–0.08 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Orpik – Letang12:59

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Michalek13:38

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

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.

PIT 1.7 xGLAK 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #799 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 60% of the time.

PIT winsLAK wins

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

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

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