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Tue, Dec 10, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Los Angeles Kings 6, Montréal Canadiens 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 57% of the time.

MTL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK21241305630
MTL01703011031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:03LAKJordan NolanGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Willie Mitchell · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:47LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Mike Richards · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:45LAKAlec MartinezAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.40 xG3–0
  4. P2 5:28LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Kyle Clifford, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.40 xG4–0
  5. P2 8:14LAKJake MuzzinPPAssists: Jarret Stoll, Slava Voynov · Wrist, 0.17 xG5–0
  6. P2 18:28LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Jarret Stoll, Alec Martinez · Backhand, 0.11 xG6–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:38LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:36MTLMichael Bournival: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:36LAKJustin Williams: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P1 16:38LAKRobyn Regehr: Interference2 min
  5. P2 7:44MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:24LAKJordan Nolan: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:24MTLTravis Moen: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 8:24LAKKyle Clifford: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKMTL
30Shots on goal31
3.6Expected goals4.0
62Shot attempts63
31Faceoffs won25
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
24Hits32
16Blocked shots19
2Giveaways11
4Takeaways4

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. bestRichards – Clifford – Toffoli10:01

    xG 1.14–0.57 (67%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  2. Carter – Kopitar – King11:27

    xG 0.52–0.34 (60%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Carcillo – Nolan8:48

    xG 0.28–0.20 (59%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Stoll – Brown10:22

    xG 0.47–0.45 (51%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Martinez13:49

    xG 1.91–0.60 (76%)attempts 20–10goals 3–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty16:07

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  3. Regehr – Voynov14:17

    xG 0.13–0.64 (17%)attempts 6–23goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Moen – Plekanec3:55

    xG 0.47–0.02 (97%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Eller – Gallagher – Galchenyuk4:14

    xG 0.51–0.11 (82%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Prust – White – Bournival3:28

    xG 0.10–0.01 (89%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Moen – Prust – White2:35

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouillon – Diaz14:22

    xG 0.45–0.35 (56%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Subban14:26

    xG 0.96–0.99 (49%)attempts 16–15goals 0–2

  3. Gorges – Emelin14:45

    xG 0.38–0.83 (31%)attempts 8–17goals 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.

MTL 4.0 xGLAK 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 4/100 · #1122 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 57% of the time.

MTL winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).