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Thu, Mar 22, 2012·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

St. Louis Blues 0, Los Angeles Kings 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 64% of the time.

LAK winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL01209011031035
LAK03017015022137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. No goals in regulation or overtime.

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Justin Williams stopped
  2. 2. STL David Perron stopped
  3. 3. LAK Mike Richards scored
  4. 4. STL T.J. Oshie scored
  5. 5. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
  6. 6. STL Jaden Schwartz stopped
  7. 7. LAK Jeff Carter scored
  8. 8. STL Chris Stewart stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:20STLT.J. Oshie: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:24LAKDwight King: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:34STLChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 0:34LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 13:43STLCarlo Colaiacovo: Interference2 min
  6. P2 14:41LAKSlava Voynov: Interference2 min
  7. OT 3:07LAKJustin Williams: Tripping2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLLAK
35Shots on goal37
2.6Expected goals1.8
68Shot attempts68
24Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
40Hits46
14Blocked shots12
8Giveaways11
6Takeaways0

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestNichol – Porter – Reaves5:55

    xG 0.43–0.01 (98%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Arnott – Langenbrunner – Schwartz5:32

    xG 0.15–0.08 (66%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Oshie – Sobotka12:38

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  4. Stewart – Berglund – Perron8:41

    xG 0.17–0.61 (21%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk13:00

    xG 0.53–0.34 (61%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Pietrangelo6:40

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Pietrangelo8:44

    xG 0.35–0.26 (57%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFraser – Clifford – Nolan6:33

    xG 0.29–0.06 (82%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Richards – King11:39

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Brown – Kopitar13:26

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 22–16goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Penner – Lewis9:55

    xG 0.18–0.20 (47%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Voynov14:16

    xG 0.45–0.22 (67%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty18:02

    xG 0.56–0.42 (57%)attempts 22–14goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Greene5:31

    xG 0.14–0.16 (46%)attempts 3–6goals 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 1.8 xGSTL 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1103 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 0 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 64% of the time.

LAK winsSTL wins

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

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