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Wed, Oct 30, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

San Jose Sharks 3, Los Angeles Kings 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS29180300320
LAK18131814423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:13SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Logan Couture, Tyler Kennedy · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:32LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Justin Williams · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:27SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Tommy Wingels · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:15LAKJarret StollAssists: Slava Voynov, Dustin Brown · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:04SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:21LAKJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:32LAKAnze KopitarPPGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Mike Richards · Slap, 0.08 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 7:04SJSMatt Irwin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:11LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:11SJSMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:21SJSJoe Pavelski: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 14:13LAKJustin Williams: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 18:18LAKWillie Mitchell: Interference2 min
  7. P2 13:39SJSJames Sheppard: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 17:22LAKKyle Clifford: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  9. P3 4:36SJSTommy Wingels: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P3 12:00SJSJames Sheppard: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  11. P3 14:30LAKDaniel Carcillo: Boarding2 min
  12. OT 0:53SJSJustin Braun: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackLAK 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.

SJSLAK
20Shots on goal23
2.2Expected goals2.6
39Shot attempts63
23Faceoffs won39
4Power plays6
17Penalty minutes13
21Hits46
17Blocked shots7
17Giveaways20
3Takeaways5

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Kennedy – Couture10:16

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 5–11goals 1–1

  2. Thornton – Sheppard – Hertl10:49

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Havlat – Pavelski – Wingels10:20

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Brown – Desjardins – McCarthy6:15

    xG 0.14–0.13 (51%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun13:12

    xG 0.86–0.02 (98%)attempts 13–2goals 2–0

  2. Hannan – Demers2:50

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Irwin2:46

    xG 0.02–0.23 (9%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Kopitar – King8:35

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 7–2goals 1–1

  2. Carter – Richards – Carcillo2:59

    xG 0.09–0.01 (86%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Frattin – Clifford4:03

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Richards – Lewis6:50

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Muzzin – Doughty12:25

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 13–5goals 1–1

  2. Mitchell – Greene12:31

    xG 0.43–0.43 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Voynov13:28

    xG 0.31–0.32 (49%)attempts 13–6goals 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 2.6 xGSJS 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #219 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 57% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

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

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