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Thu, Nov 21, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

New Jersey Devils 2, Los Angeles Kings 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 91% of the time.

LAK winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NJD02031713215
LAK0140131503135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:52NJDRyan CarterAssists: Michael Ryder, Stephen Gionta · Backhand, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:57LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:30NJDJaromir JagrGWGAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Dainius Zubrus · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:54LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:35NJDAndy Greene: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:07LAKDaniel Carcillo: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:07NJDCam Janssen: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 7:24NJDStephen Gionta: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:52NJDJaromir Jagr: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 1:44NJDRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 12:00LAKJarret Stoll: Holding2 min
  9. OT 0:17NJDJaromir Jagr: Holding2 min
  10. OT 0:17LAKDustin Brown: Diving2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDLAK
15Shots on goal35
1.3Expected goals4.0
38Shot attempts76
25Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
34Hits38
20Blocked shots9
9Giveaways15
1Takeaways0

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Janssen – Tedenby – Loktionov2:57

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter5:26

    xG 0.01–0.05 (19%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Tedenby – Loktionov2:09

    xG 0.02–0.10 (14%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Zubrus – Zajac12:26

    xG 0.08–0.88 (8%)attempts 6–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrold – Larsson6:28

    xG 0.19–0.09 (68%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Gelinas7:44

    xG 0.21–0.14 (61%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  3. Zidlicky – Greene8:05

    xG 0.07–0.09 (44%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – King – Toffoli6:31

    xG 0.59–0.02 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Vey – Pearson3:26

    xG 0.55–0.02 (97%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Brown – Kopitar13:48

    xG 0.52–0.34 (60%)attempts 24–11goals 1–0

  4. Stoll – Carcillo – Frattin9:03

    xG 0.19–0.13 (58%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Voynov14:26

    xG 0.97–0.10 (91%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty16:50

    xG 0.90–0.38 (70%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Martinez13:41

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

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 4.0 xGNJD 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #695 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50LAK 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 91% of the time.

LAK winsNJD wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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