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Mon, Mar 25, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 5, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK07312217536
CHI1112519425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:55CHIMichael FrolikAssists: Brandon Saad, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:21LAKAnze KopitarUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:25LAKJarret StollSHAssists: Trevor Lewis, Rob Scuderi · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:31CHIMichael FrolikAssists: Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews · Deflected, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:19CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Jimmy Hayes, Brent Seabrook · Snap, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:59LAKDwight KingAssists: Drew Doughty, Keaton Ellerby · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:51CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Michael Frolik, Duncan Keith · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–4
  8. P3 8:06LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Colin Fraser, Slava Voynov · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–4
  9. P3 18:33LAKDustin BrownGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:29LAKMike Richards: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 3:31CHIBrandon Bollig: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:31LAKJordan Nolan: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 4:55CHIPatrick Kane: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 7:13LAKDustin Brown: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:39LAKDrew Doughty: Holding2 min
  7. P3 12:27CHIMichael Frolik: Cross checking2 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
36Shots on goal25
2.5Expected goals2.0
50Shot attempts41
37Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
20Hits21
9Blocked shots8
2Giveaways8
4Takeaways9

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 – Kopitar5:10

    xG 0.48–0.11 (81%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Stoll – Lewis – Clifford6:56

    xG 0.19–0.04 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Nolan – Toffoli3:01

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  4. Williams – Richards – Toffoli4:04

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Voynov14:55

    xG 0.85–0.47 (64%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  2. Martinez – Ellerby6:17

    xG 0.31–0.07 (81%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty19:29

    xG 0.63–0.58 (52%)attempts 15–15goals 2–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Bolland – Kane – Hayes10:42

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

  2. Frolik – Toews – Saad12:03

    xG 0.49–0.56 (47%)attempts 13–11goals 3–2

  3. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw7:35

    xG 0.02–0.16 (11%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Mayers – Kruger – Bollig6:04

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Keith – Seabrook16:06

    xG 0.60–0.82 (42%)attempts 14–13goals 4–0

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson16:23

    xG 0.52–0.77 (41%)attempts 11–14goals 0–3

  3. Rozsival – Leddy11:37

    xG 0.13–0.55 (19%)attempts 6–12goals 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.

CHI 2.0 xGLAK 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 98/100 · #22 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.99 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 58% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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