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Sat, Feb 4, 2012·RBC Center, Raleigh

Los Angeles Kings 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 52% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1801007125
CAR0411117222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Justin Williams, Jack Johnson · Snap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:40CARJiri TlustyUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:02CARJeff SkinnerGWGAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Drayson Bowman · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:20LAKMatt Greene: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 4:28CARAnthony Stewart: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:31LAKTrevor Lewis: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:34LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 18:34CARTim Gleason: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 1:39CARJay Harrison: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 11:06LAKBrad Richardson: 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 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCAR
25Shots on goal22
2.8Expected goals2.9
59Shot attempts45
28Faceoffs won19
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
28Hits23
14Blocked shots24
5Giveaways5
7Takeaways11

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. bestLewis – Loktionov – Clifford9:58

    xG 0.73–0.22 (77%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Williams – Brown – Kopitar13:08

    xG 1.09–1.03 (51%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  3. Hunter – Fraser – Richardson7:44

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Richards – Penner11:48

    xG 0.28–0.49 (36%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Martinez12:15

    xG 1.24–0.63 (66%)attempts 24–8goals 0–1

  2. Mitchell – Johnson16:30

    xG 0.79–0.38 (68%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Doughty16:57

    xG 0.36–0.82 (30%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Staal – Tlusty12:31

    xG 0.55–0.29 (65%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Bowman – Skinner8:36

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Dwyer – Nodl – Sutter10:24

    xG 0.37–0.54 (41%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Brent – Stewart – Nash5:09

    xG 0.02–0.64 (3%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Faulk14:41

    xG 0.76–0.23 (77%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  2. Spacek – McBain10:57

    xG 0.31–0.63 (33%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  3. Allen – Gleason16:32

    xG 0.65–1.14 (36%)attempts 13–18goals 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.

CAR 2.9 xGLAK 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #800 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 52% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

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

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-1
0
+1
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+7

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