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Sun, Dec 15, 2013·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 84% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0601016122
CHI310015015340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:45CHIMarian HossaSHAssists: Jonathan Toews, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:59CHIKris VersteegGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:31CHIPatrick SharpPPAssists: Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:06LAKAlec MartinezAssists: Matt Greene, Jordan Nolan · Snap, 0.02 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:09LAKKyle Clifford: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:09CHIJohnny Oduya: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:18LAKJarret Stoll: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:14LAKAlec Martinez: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 8:50CHIMarcus Kruger: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 16:25CHIAndrew Shaw: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0CHI
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Handzus won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
22Shots on goal40
1.3Expected goals3.3
39Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
30Hits17
7Blocked shots11
3Giveaways8
6Takeaways14

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. Williams – Stoll – Brown11:38

    xG 0.17–0.29 (36%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Carcillo – Lewis – Nolan9:11

    xG 0.10–0.30 (25%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Clifford – Toffoli8:22

    xG 0.17–0.43 (28%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Kopitar – King11:25

    xG 0.18–0.65 (22%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Greene – Muzzin2:06

    xG 0.04–0.02 (73%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty15:30

    xG 0.11–0.31 (27%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Martinez9:14

    xG 0.06–0.36 (14%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Sharp – Toews10:56

    xG 0.97–0.09 (92%)attempts 17–4goals 0–1

  2. Handzus – Versteeg – Kane10:19

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Smith – Kruger – Bollig7:54

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Hjalmarsson14:46

    xG 0.81–0.18 (82%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook11:26

    xG 0.59–0.14 (81%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Rozsival – Leddy9:31

    xG 0.38–0.02 (95%)attempts 11–1goals 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.

CHI 3.3 xGLAK 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1032 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 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, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 84% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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