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Sat, Apr 6, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 82% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0915010124
LAK27117115439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:38LAKMike RichardsAssists: Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:35LAKJeff CarterPPGWGAssists: Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:18EDMMagnus PaajarviPPAssists: Nail Yakupov, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:22LAKSlava VoynovPPAssists: Justin Williams, Jarret Stoll · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:11LAKDrew DoughtyENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.53 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:15EDMLadislav Smid: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 5:12LAKJeff Carter: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 10:09LAKKyle Clifford: Interference2 min
  4. P1 14:33EDMJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:38EDMMike Brown: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 1:31LAKKyle Clifford: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 7:00EDMJeff Petry: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 9:22LAKDrew Doughty: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 13:20EDMRyan Smyth: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMLAK
24Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals3.8
47Shot attempts66
29Faceoffs won36
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
28Hits27
16Blocked shots11
8Giveaways11
3Takeaways4

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Hemsky – Gagner – Paajarvi3:26

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Horcoff – Yakupov2:21

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Smithson – Brown – Petrell4:15

    xG 0.04–0.14 (22%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Horcoff – Hemsky6:07

    xG 0.11–0.22 (33%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Whitney – Schultz4:55

    xG 0.13–0.14 (48%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Potter3:41

    xG 0.04–0.07 (35%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Schultz7:31

    xG 0.16–0.22 (43%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Lewis – King8:36

    xG 0.44–0.07 (87%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Brown – Kopitar10:43

    xG 0.41–0.23 (65%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Richardson – Nolan7:01

    xG 0.11–0.05 (70%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Richards – Clifford8:44

    xG 0.28–0.26 (52%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Doughty13:33

    xG 0.66–0.26 (72%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Ellerby12:05

    xG 0.42–0.19 (68%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Voynov12:05

    xG 0.44–0.21 (67%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

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.

LAK 3.8 xGEDM 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #527 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 82% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

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

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