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Tue, Nov 8, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Nashville Predators 3, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 64% of the time.

LAK winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH2808114330
LAK21521104430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:29LAKAlec MartinezPPAssists: Justin Williams, Jarret Stoll · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:13LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Jarret Stoll, Kyle Clifford · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:41NSHMatt HalischukAssists: Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:02NSHCraig SmithPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:28LAKMike RichardsAssists: Dustin Brown, Willie Mitchell · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 12:33LAKSimon GagneGWGAssists: Dustin Penner, Justin Williams · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:39NSHPatric HornqvistAssists: Ryan Suter, Martin Erat · Deflected, 0.13 xG3–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 0:25LAKJarret Stoll: Interference2 min
  2. P1 2:23NSHPatric Hornqvist: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 4:13NSHJerred Smithson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 9:43LAKDrew Doughty: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 9:43NSHPatric Hornqvist: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 14:19LAKSimon Gagne: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 0:20LAKJarret Stoll: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 10:32NSHJordin Tootoo: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 15:00NSHTeemu Laakso: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P2 15:21LAKDustin Brown: Interference2 min
  11. P2 19:36NSHPatric Hornqvist: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 3:31LAKDustin Penner: Holding2 min
  13. P3 7:33LAKMike Richards: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 12:02NSHBrian McGrattan: Boarding2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHLAK
30Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won33
6Power plays6
14Penalty minutes14
29Hits23
9Blocked shots15
16Giveaways19
1Takeaways7

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. Fisher – Erat – Tootoo2:03

    xG 0.08–0.17 (32%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Erat – Bergfors3:29

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Smithson – Tootoo – Halischuk4:07

    xG 0.03–0.17 (16%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Hornqvist – Wilson – Smith5:40

    xG 0.12–0.26 (31%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Suter – Blum3:52

    xG 0.13–0.09 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  2. Bouillon – Weber2:33

    xG 0.01–0.02 (19%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Laakso – Hillen8:47

    xG 0.19–0.49 (28%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGagne – Williams – Kopitar8:18

    xG 0.44–0.13 (78%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Moreau – Richardson – Clifford2:55

    xG 0.26–0.08 (76%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Moreau – Richardson – Lewis2:29

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Richards – Penner8:00

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Doughty10:12

    xG 0.68–0.16 (81%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Greene – Martinez6:23

    xG 0.41–0.04 (90%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Martinez – Doughty2:26

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 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 2.6 xGNSH 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #334 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 64% of the time.

LAK winsNSH wins

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

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

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