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Tue, Apr 16, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Los Angeles Kings 2, San Jose Sharks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 71% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK011218012020243
SJS09214011011335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:48SJSBrent BurnsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:30SJSTJ GaliardiAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:59LAKJake MuzzinPPAssists: Slava Voynov, Justin Williams · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:41LAKDustin BrownAssists: Robyn Regehr, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.53 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  2. 2. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  3. 3. SJS Dan Boyle stopped
  4. 4. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  5. 5. SJS Raffi Torres scored
  6. 6. LAK Mike Richards stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:47LAKAnze Kopitar: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:58LAKJustin Williams: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:58SJSTommy Wingels: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:35SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:44SJSTJ Galiardi: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:31SJSJason Demers: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:20LAKBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 17:44SJSTommy Wingels: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 17:44LAKBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:06LAKDustin Penner: Roughing2 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 SOG0SJS
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSJS
43Shots on goal35
4.1Expected goals2.8
68Shot attempts68
38Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
37Hits21
21Blocked shots15
13Giveaways14
6Takeaways14

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. bestStoll – Lewis – King10:48

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Brown – Kopitar10:40

    xG 0.44–0.49 (47%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Richardson – Clifford – Nolan6:53

    xG 0.35–0.57 (38%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Richards – Penner10:17

    xG 0.28–0.97 (23%)attempts 5–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Ellerby9:50

    xG 0.26–0.18 (59%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Regehr – Doughty15:59

    xG 0.45–0.72 (38%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

  3. Scuderi – Voynov16:14

    xG 0.83–1.32 (39%)attempts 13–22goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGomez – Burish – Desjardins6:02

    xG 0.19–0.10 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Torres – Pavelski – Wingels10:42

    xG 0.28–0.31 (48%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Havlat – Couture9:11

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Boyle9:28

    xG 0.51–0.12 (81%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun11:33

    xG 0.38–0.50 (44%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Demers7:27

    xG 0.06–0.20 (23%)attempts 5–6goals 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.

SJS 2.8 xGLAK 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #221 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SJS 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, Los Angeles Kings win this game 71% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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