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Wed, Dec 11, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Los Angeles Kings 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 82% of the time.

TOR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK180827323
TOR011110018139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:30LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Mike Richards, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:30TORCody FransonPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:40LAKJeff CarterGWGAssists: Slava Voynov, Jordan Nolan · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:01LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:59TORPeter Holland: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:59LAKJarret Stoll: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:48TORFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:48LAKJordan Nolan: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:07LAKWillie Mitchell: Interference2 min
  6. P2 14:03LAKDrew Doughty: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 16:13TORJoffrey Lupul: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 16:13LAKSlava Voynov: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 16:13TORJoffrey Lupul: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 16:13LAKSlava Voynov: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 19:47TORJames van Riemsdyk: Cross checking2 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 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Holland won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTOR
23Shots on goal39
1.6Expected goals3.6
49Shot attempts69
31Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
15Penalty minutes13
51Hits33
20Blocked shots16
13Giveaways20
3Takeaways8

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 – Stoll – Brown12:26

    xG 0.52–0.36 (59%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Fraser – Carcillo – Nolan5:09

    xG 0.05–0.11 (31%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Kopitar – King11:34

    xG 0.62–1.00 (38%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Clifford – Toffoli11:07

    xG 0.11–0.70 (14%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Doughty3:56

    xG 0.64–0.03 (95%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Martinez10:08

    xG 0.06–0.26 (18%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty15:47

    xG 0.47–1.08 (30%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Kadri13:58

    xG 1.24–0.27 (82%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

  2. Clarkson – Raymond – Smith12:35

    xG 0.77–0.15 (84%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  3. McClement – McLaren – D'Amigo3:17

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Kulemin – Holland11:18

    xG 0.60–0.72 (46%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRanger – Fraser13:39

    xG 1.14–0.36 (76%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  2. Gardiner – Rielly17:48

    xG 0.78–0.12 (87%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  3. Franson – Gunnarsson14:32

    xG 1.00–0.66 (60%)attempts 17–16goals 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.

TOR 3.6 xGLAK 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #955 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 82% of the time.

TOR winsLAK wins

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

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

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