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Sat, Nov 12, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Minnesota Wild 2, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 66% of the time.

LAK winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN03011212226
LAK11241509536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:49LAKColin FraserAssists: Ethan Moreau, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:00LAKAlec MartinezPPAssists: Justin Williams, Simon Gagne · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:49LAKDustin BrownGWGAssists: Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–3
  4. P2 11:44LAKSimon GagneAssists: Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P2 14:13LAKMatt GreeneAssists: Trent Hunter, Jarret Stoll · Slap, 0.02 xG0–5
  6. P3 0:47MINCal ClutterbuckPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Dany Heatley · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–5
  7. P3 12:23MINDarroll PoweAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Nate Prosser · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 6:09MINBrad Staubitz: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:12MINDevin Setoguchi: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:38MINWarren Peters: Boarding5 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:01MINNate Prosser: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 5:01LAKBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:20LAKSimon Gagne: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:39LAKKyle Clifford: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 2:39MINJustin Falk: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 4:22LAKJack Johnson: Holding2 min
  10. P3 13:21MINWarren Peters: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 13:21LAKColin Fraser: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 16:07MINCal Clutterbuck: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 17:53MINColton Gillies: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 18:23LAKDustin Brown: Slashing2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINLAK
26Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals2.9
42Shot attempts61
35Faceoffs won30
3Power plays6
19Penalty minutes12
37Hits25
16Blocked shots6
10Giveaways14
8Takeaways6

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Peters – Staubitz – Gillies5:09

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

  2. Brodziak – Clutterbuck – Powe8:11

    xG 0.12–0.24 (34%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  3. Cullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi8:13

    xG 0.12–0.24 (33%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Heatley – Koivu – Johnson9:36

    xG 0.17–0.39 (30%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Prosser3:18

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Spurgeon4:28

    xG 0.08–0.03 (76%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Falk – Spurgeon2:13

    xG 0.01–0.05 (23%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Richards – Richardson8:28

    xG 0.56–0.09 (86%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Moreau – Fraser – Lewis7:26

    xG 0.33–0.09 (78%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Gagne – Williams – Kopitar10:22

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  4. Hunter – Stoll – Clifford7:34

    xG 0.10–0.10 (49%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Doughty11:16

    xG 0.54–0.16 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Martinez11:21

    xG 0.47–0.17 (73%)attempts 11–7goals 2–1

  3. Scuderi – Johnson11:59

    xG 0.37–0.19 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 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 xGMIN 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #461 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 66% of the time.

LAK winsMIN wins

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

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