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Sun, Jan 15, 2012·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 1, Edmonton Oilers 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK06081700121
EDM1120130612233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:20EDMJosh GreenPPAssists: Jeff Petry, Magnus Paajarvi · Deflected, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:22LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Slava Voynov, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:06EDMTaylor HallPPGWGAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:21LAKDustin Brown: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:55EDMColten Teubert: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 5:13LAKAnze Kopitar: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:37LAKKyle Clifford: Misconduct10 min
  5. P3 0:09EDMRyan O'Marra: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 16:02EDMLadislav Smid: Tripping2 min
  7. OT 2:45LAKJustin Williams: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Green won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
21Shots on goal33
1.4Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won21
3Power plays3
16Penalty minutes6
18Hits28
11Blocked shots19
10Giveaways16
7Takeaways9

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. Williams – Brown – Kopitar11:35

    xG 0.25–0.20 (55%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Lewis – Loktionov8:14

    xG 0.20–0.30 (40%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Hunter – Fraser – Clifford4:25

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Richards – Penner10:32

    xG 0.09–0.50 (16%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Voynov14:42

    xG 0.48–0.31 (61%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty15:04

    xG 0.21–0.66 (24%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Johnson15:34

    xG 0.18–0.68 (21%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gagner – Hall11:14

    xG 0.99–0.12 (89%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Green – Hordichuk – Eager6:57

    xG 0.27–0.06 (81%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – O'Marra – Paajarvi8:40

    xG 0.02–0.07 (22%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Jones – Lander12:31

    xG 0.09–0.31 (22%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry16:36

    xG 0.77–0.24 (76%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Potter – Peckham11:34

    xG 0.54–0.40 (57%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  3. Sutton – Teubert4:40

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 9–2goals 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.

EDM 3.2 xGLAK 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #712 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).