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Mon, Dec 2, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

St. Louis Blues 2, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 52% of the time.

LAK winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0907211227
LAK2131604323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:38LAKJarret StollAssists: Justin Williams, Robyn Regehr · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:13LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Drew Doughty, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:48LAKTyler ToffoliGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Willie Mitchell · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 14:06STLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:44STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk · Tip-in, 0.28 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:18LAKAnze Kopitar: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:37STLCarlo Colaiacovo: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:52LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:09STLAlexander Steen: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 19:09LAKMike Richards: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 3:42STLDavid Backes: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:00LAKColin Fraser: Slashing2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLLAK
27Shots on goal23
1.8Expected goals1.8
47Shot attempts44
25Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
31Hits52
11Blocked shots6
12Giveaways23
4Takeaways7

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSobotka – Tarasenko – Schwartz4:16

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Steen – Backes – Stewart6:38

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Lapierre – Cracknell3:55

    xG 0.07–0.07 (50%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Roy – Berglund – Tarasenko4:53

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Pietrangelo2:47

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Jackman – Shattenkirk6:44

    xG 0.17–0.12 (58%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo16:26

    xG 0.50–0.56 (47%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Nolan – Toffoli9:31

    xG 0.42–0.23 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Stoll – Brown10:22

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Fraser – Frattin – Clifford6:39

    xG 0.27–0.27 (49%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Kopitar – King12:10

    xG 0.16–0.38 (30%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Voynov3:12

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Voynov12:47

    xG 0.34–0.22 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Martinez2:33

    xG 0.13–0.05 (71%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

LAK 1.8 xGSTL 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #446 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 52% of the time.

LAK winsSTL wins

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

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

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