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Fri, Nov 15, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Los Angeles Kings 2, New Jersey Devils 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 51% of the time.

NJD winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK060629221
NJD0120608026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 13:08LAKDwight KingGWGAssists: Jake Muzzin, Justin Williams · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:57LAKAnze KopitarENAssists: Drew Doughty, Willie Mitchell · Backhand, 0.48 xG2–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 1:28NJDPeter Harrold: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 2:18LAKDwight King: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:21LAKJake Muzzin: Interference2 min
  4. P3 17:11LAKMike Richards: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  5. P3 19:03NJDDamien Brunner: Tripping2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKNJD
21Shots on goal26
1.6Expected goals1.6
40Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
34Hits17
9Blocked shots13
4Giveaways14
3Takeaways9

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 – Kopitar14:03

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Richards – King – Frattin3:28

    xG 0.11–0.02 (84%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Lewis – Nolan6:02

    xG 0.06–0.08 (42%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Frattin – Vey – Pearson3:46

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Martinez12:02

    xG 0.31–0.19 (61%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Doughty2:36

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty16:10

    xG 0.62–0.74 (46%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBernier – Henrique – Loktionov10:35

    xG 0.73–0.17 (81%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter3:50

    xG 0.04–0.05 (45%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Elias – Ryder – Brunner10:20

    xG 0.11–0.14 (44%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Janssen – Gionta – Carter2:56

    xG 0.02–0.09 (21%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGelinas – Larsson12:27

    xG 0.50–0.21 (70%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Greene17:44

    xG 0.69–0.47 (60%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  3. Harrold – Larsson2:24

    xG 0.08–0.11 (43%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

NJD 1.6 xGLAK 1.6 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1188 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 51% of the time.

NJD winsLAK wins

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

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