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Tue, Dec 13, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Los Angeles Kings 0, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

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

BOS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK08013020041
BOS1121713322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:32BOSRich PeverleyGWGAssists: Zach Hamill, Benoit Pouliot · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:43BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:35BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:18LAKSlava Voynov: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:01LAKMatt Greene: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 8:01BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 12:18LAKSlava Voynov: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:03BOSNathan Horton: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 15:33BOSSteven Kampfer: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:04BOSDavid Krejci: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 13:25BOSSteven Kampfer: 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 SOG0BOS
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKBOS
41Shots on goal22
2.9Expected goals2.2
80Shot attempts46
19Faceoffs won34
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
28Hits18
8Blocked shots25
7Giveaways6
4Takeaways5

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. bestGagne – Brown – Kopitar11:07

    xG 0.65–0.10 (87%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Hunter – Richardson – Loktionov9:18

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Fraser – Richardson – Clifford2:07

    xG 0.17–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Stoll – Penner9:08

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Voynov14:00

    xG 0.84–0.48 (63%)attempts 30–9goals 0–2

  2. Scuderi – Doughty14:26

    xG 0.66–0.38 (63%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  3. Greene – Drewiske10:42

    xG 0.54–0.40 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin9:45

    xG 0.56–0.38 (60%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Kelly – Peverley – Pouliot7:19

    xG 0.12–0.13 (48%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic11:06

    xG 0.16–0.59 (21%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Paille – Hamill6:27

    xG 0.01–0.62 (2%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – McQuaid2:06

    xG 0.30–0.07 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Corvo – Seidenberg5:45

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Ference – McQuaid8:22

    xG 0.25–0.25 (50%)attempts 7–12goals 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.

BOS 2.2 xGLAK 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1142 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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.

BOS winsLAK wins

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

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