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Fri, Feb 15, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

LAK winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ040415113
LAK091617222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:40LAKKyle CliffordUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:34LAKMike RichardsPPGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jonathan Bernier · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:35CBJNick FolignoAssists: Jack Johnson, Brandon Dubinsky · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:54CBJColton Gillies: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:48CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 4:53LAKDrew Doughty: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:58LAKKeaton Ellerby: Interference2 min
  5. P2 13:18LAKDrew Doughty: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 0:00CBJJared Boll: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 0:49CBJFedor Tyutin: Holding2 min
  8. P3 6:56LAKJustin Williams: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 15:27CBJJared Boll: Boarding2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJLAK
13Shots on goal22
1.2Expected goals1.6
31Shot attempts41
24Faceoffs won23
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
31Hits23
8Blocked shots12
9Giveaways14
2Takeaways6

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKenzie – Boll – Gillies4:09

    xG 0.11–0.01 (89%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Umberger – Dorsett – Brassard8:25

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Prospal – Dubinsky – Foligno3:09

    xG 0.05–0.03 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Foligno – Calvert7:30

    xG 0.03–0.11 (23%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Aucoin – Johnson14:33

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Goloubef – Erixon10:21

    xG 0.09–0.19 (32%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Nikitin12:06

    xG 0.10–0.24 (29%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Lewis – Clifford2:42

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Carter – Penner5:10

    xG 0.21–0.09 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Gagne – Brown – Kopitar9:38

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Richards – King – Nolan5:46

    xG 0.03–0.01 (71%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Drewiske8:13

    xG 0.19–0.12 (61%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Ellerby – Doughty14:40

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Voynov12:21

    xG 0.21–0.31 (40%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

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 1.6 xGCBJ 1.2 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #559 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 60% of the time.

LAK winsCBJ wins

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

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