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Thu, Nov 3, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 3, Los Angeles Kings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 81% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM01026111327
LAK030709019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:26EDMRyan SmythGWGAssists: Ryan Jones, Tom Gilbert · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:38EDMLennart PetrellAssists: Ben Eager, Anton Lander · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:06EDMCorey PotterAssists: Sam Gagner · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:28LAKJustin Williams: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:14LAKDustin Penner: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 18:53LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  4. P2 4:00EDMTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:48LAKKyle Clifford: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 6:48EDMBen Eager: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:48LAKEthan Moreau: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 15:48EDMEric Belanger: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
45% to win55% to win
← EDM attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horcoff won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMLAK
27Shots on goal19
3.0Expected goals1.3
45Shot attempts56
21Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
20Hits33
22Blocked shots9
14Giveaways17
2Takeaways3

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. bestSmyth – Horcoff – Jones10:36

    xG 0.63–0.25 (72%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:07

    xG 0.38–0.06 (86%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Eager – Petrell – Lander6:26

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 1–7goals 1–0

  4. Belanger – Gagner – Paajarvi12:10

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 6–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPotter – Petry14:48

    xG 0.77–0.26 (74%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  2. Gilbert – Smid14:11

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

  3. Peckham – Teubert10:08

    xG 0.02–0.30 (6%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestMoreau – Lewis – Clifford4:56

    xG 0.22–0.03 (87%)attempts 9–1goals 0–1

  2. Brown – Richards – Kopitar4:53

    xG 0.17–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Richardson – Penner7:24

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Gagne – Williams – Richardson3:05

    xG 0.16–0.08 (65%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Martinez13:03

    xG 0.47–0.25 (65%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  2. Scuderi – Johnson14:41

    xG 0.28–0.64 (30%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

  3. Mitchell – Doughty17:36

    xG 0.25–0.75 (25%)attempts 17–11goals 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.

LAK 1.3 xGEDM 3.0 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 10/100 · #1083 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 81% 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).