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Sun, Feb 17, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 73% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0801029227
CHI21112105337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:29CHIBrent SeabrookAssists: Duncan Keith, Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:32CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:56CHIPatrick SharpGWGAssists: Jonathan Toews, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–3
  4. P3 0:56LAKMike RichardsPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:50LAKMike RichardsPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Justin Williams · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 9:12LAKDwight King: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:49CHIBrandon Bollig: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:06LAKDavis Drewiske: Holding2 min
  4. P2 1:57LAKDavis Drewiske: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:43LAKKyle Clifford: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P3 0:43CHIPatrick Sharp: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:53CHIPatrick Sharp: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 9:53LAKJarret Stoll: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 11:58CHIJonathan Toews: High sticking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 13:52LAKJake Muzzin: Interference2 min
  11. P3 18:56CHIJohnny Oduya: Slashing2 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 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
27Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals3.6
54Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
33Hits22
14Blocked shots24
4Giveaways3
4Takeaways15

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. bestCarter – Richards – Clifford2:27

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Penner – Lewis2:17

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Carter – Clifford2:00

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Richards – Penner7:32

    xG 0.16–0.20 (44%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Drewiske8:37

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty3:26

    xG 0.04–0.13 (24%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Voynov13:58

    xG 0.21–0.55 (27%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Kruger – Bollig5:47

    xG 0.56–0.09 (87%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Hossa – Toews – Saad10:33

    xG 0.28–0.11 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw8:18

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Bolland – Kane9:35

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Hjalmarsson14:15

    xG 1.20–0.25 (83%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Brookbank – Leddy10:16

    xG 0.55–0.23 (70%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook13:30

    xG 0.53–0.23 (70%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

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.

CHI 3.6 xGLAK 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #293 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 73% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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