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Wed, Oct 9, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Ottawa Senators 3, Los Angeles Kings 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 76% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT081721000325
LAK390901311432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:39LAKDustin BrownUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:31LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:55LAKDustin BrownPPAssists: Jeff Carter, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.25 xG0–3
  4. P2 6:06OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Erik Condra, Joe Corvo · Slap, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:58OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Chris Phillips · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:33OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Joe Corvo, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:28LAKJeff CarterGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.20 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:30LAKDustin Brown: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 10:29OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:11OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:50OTTChris Neil: Interference2 min
  5. P1 17:00OTTKyle Turris: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 18:22LAKDrew Doughty: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 5:50LAKDustin Brown: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 11:56OTTColin Greening: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 11:56LAKDaniel Carcillo: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 11:56OTTChris Neil: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 13:01LAKMatt Frattin: Holding2 min
  12. P3 18:28OTTClarke MacArthur: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Turris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTLAK
25Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals3.7
52Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won43
4Power plays6
14Penalty minutes10
41Hits37
14Blocked shots13
9Giveaways9
3Takeaways7

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Condra – Pageau3:29

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  2. Michalek – Ryan – Da Costa7:08

    xG 0.18–0.12 (59%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  3. Ryan – Condra – Pageau4:49

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Greening – Smith5:59

    xG 0.05–0.24 (16%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Wiercioch2:24

    xG 0.13–0.02 (84%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Wiercioch – Cowen11:55

    xG 0.20–0.24 (45%)attempts 5–19goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson18:27

    xG 0.26–0.58 (31%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Richards – Carcillo10:55

    xG 0.64–0.13 (83%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Brown – Kopitar12:33

    xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – King – Nolan9:41

    xG 0.31–0.17 (64%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Frattin – Clifford9:24

    xG 0.09–0.26 (26%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Voynov14:05

    xG 0.50–0.24 (67%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  2. Greene – Martinez13:29

    xG 0.47–0.32 (60%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Doughty17:21

    xG 0.42–0.37 (54%)attempts 13–20goals 1–1

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.

LAK 3.7 xGOTT 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 92/100 · #80 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 76% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

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

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