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Tue, Feb 19, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 3, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 79% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK08115215338
EDM091807124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:44LAKColin FraserAssists: Trevor Lewis, Jordan Nolan · Snap, 0.50 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:50EDMSam GagnerPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Justin Schultz · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:10LAKJeff CarterGWGAssists: Trevor Lewis, Davis Drewiske · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:38LAKJarret StollENAssists: Dwight King, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:12LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:44EDMJeff Petry: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 12:31LAKColin Fraser: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 13:32EDMNail Yakupov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 14:38LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:00LAKDavis Drewiske: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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 SOG0EDM
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Belanger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
38Shots on goal24
4.3Expected goals2.3
69Shot attempts42
33Faceoffs won22
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
32Hits31
8Blocked shots16
7Giveaways17
8Takeaways12

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. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar13:41

    xG 0.74–0.18 (80%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Fraser – Lewis – Nolan6:02

    xG 0.99–0.46 (68%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Stoll – Penner – King10:38

    xG 0.50–0.30 (62%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Richards – Clifford11:05

    xG 0.40–0.48 (45%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Voynov18:23

    xG 1.52–0.38 (80%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

  2. Drewiske – Doughty2:16

    xG 0.60–0.02 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Drewiske5:51

    xG 0.52–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBelanger – Eager – Paajarvi3:09

    xG 0.16–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – Hartikainen – Paajarvi2:44

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Belanger – Eager4:06

    xG 0.05–0.13 (26%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Gagner – Yakupov3:17

    xG 0.03–0.14 (19%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhitney – Smid13:00

    xG 0.70–0.55 (56%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Fistric – Petry16:50

    xG 0.56–0.67 (45%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Schultz14:51

    xG 0.38–1.42 (21%)attempts 11–20goals 0–2

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.

EDM 2.3 xGLAK 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #468 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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 79% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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