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Sat, Mar 30, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Los Angeles Kings 3, Minnesota Wild 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 54% of the time.

MIN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK11321007011331
MIN1111717033428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:58LAKDustin BrownPPAssists: Jake Muzzin, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:19MINMatt CullenAssists: Devin Setoguchi, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:44LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Tyler Toffoli · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:24LAKJustin WilliamsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:53MINCharlie CoyleAssists: Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:06MINZach ParisePPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Zach Parise scored
  2. 2. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
  3. 3. MIN Mikko Koivu scored
  4. 4. LAK Mike Richards scored
  5. 5. MIN Matt Cullen scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:55MINClayton Stoner: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:38LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:05MINCal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:25LAKJonathan Quick: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:03LAKJordan Nolan: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 7:05LAKJarret Stoll: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackMIN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKMIN
31Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals2.3
59Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
11Hits23
13Blocked shots13
3Giveaways4
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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar15:38

    xG 0.61–0.37 (62%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  2. Stoll – Lewis – King12:19

    xG 0.34–0.20 (62%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan5:31

    xG 0.28–0.34 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Carter – Richards – Toffoli11:30

    xG 0.22–0.29 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Ellerby10:23

    xG 0.49–0.25 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Martinez – Doughty2:36

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Doughty2:38

    xG 0.10–0.03 (78%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Coyle12:28

    xG 0.42–0.32 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Cullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi10:21

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Heatley – Brodziak – Clutterbuck12:27

    xG 0.12–0.43 (22%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Gilbert9:27

    xG 0.62–0.41 (60%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Spurgeon16:37

    xG 0.42–0.39 (52%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Suter – Brodin15:36

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 10–15goals 2–0

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.

MIN 2.3 xGLAK 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #111 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 54% of the time.

MIN winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
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+7

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