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Mon, Jan 23, 2012·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Ottawa Senators 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 75% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0801218128
LAK1632008434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:39LAKWillie MitchellAssists: Kyle Clifford, Colin Fraser · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:08LAKKyle CliffordGWGAssists: Colin Fraser, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:54LAKJack JohnsonPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Justin Williams · Slap, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:27LAKTrevor LewisUnassisted · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–4
  5. P3 8:37OTTDaniel AlfredssonPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Sergei Gonchar · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:51OTTZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:51LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:00LAKBrad Richardson: Interference2 min
  4. P1 8:12OTTMark Borowiecki: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 12:05OTTNick Foligno: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 4:59OTTNick Foligno: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 12:08LAKJarret Stoll: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 16:16OTTBobby Butler: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 17:03OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 1:14LAKMike Richards: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 7:24LAKKyle Clifford: High sticking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 10:34LAKDrew Doughty: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTLAK
28Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals3.4
54Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won32
5Power plays5
15Penalty minutes15
34Hits24
10Blocked shots10
9Giveaways8
2Takeaways0

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Foligno – Turris9:07

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Neil – Greening – Smith8:46

    xG 0.18–0.22 (46%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Konopka – Daugavins – Condra4:39

    xG 0.03–0.34 (9%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

  4. Spezza – Michalek – Butler11:46

    xG 0.62–0.96 (39%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gonchar – Cowen10:51

    xG 0.39–0.35 (53%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  2. Phillips – Borowiecki9:11

    xG 0.28–0.36 (44%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Kuba – Karlsson16:11

    xG 0.55–1.07 (34%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Lewis – Loktionov9:10

    xG 0.41–0.14 (75%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Fraser – Westgarth – Clifford5:12

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 7–6goals 2–0

  3. Stoll – Richards – Penner11:06

    xG 0.25–0.27 (47%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Brown – Kopitar8:25

    xG 0.24–0.50 (33%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Voynov10:01

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty14:25

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Johnson9:40

    xG 0.19–0.40 (32%)attempts 6–9goals 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 3.4 xGOTT 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1012 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 75% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

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

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