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Thu, Jan 9, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Boston Bruins 2, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 51% of the time.

LAK winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0517110222
LAK11321418435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32LAKJeff CarterAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:44LAKJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Slava Voynov, Jonathan Quick · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:45LAKAlec MartinezGWGAssists: Robyn Regehr, Mike Richards · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:55BOSMatt FraserAssists: Carl Soderberg, Dougie Hamilton · Slap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:23LAKDustin BrownAssists: Jarret Stoll, Justin Williams · Snap, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:47BOSJustin FlorekAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Gregory Campbell · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:11BOSDaniel Paille: Kneeing2 min
  2. P1 12:40LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:23BOSDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 0:26BOSDougie Hamilton: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:08LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 16:08BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 16:27BOSBrad Marchand: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 4:44LAKSlava Voynov: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 6:33BOSCarl Soderberg: Interference2 min
  10. P3 12:53BOSJohnny Boychuk: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 15:29LAKMike Richards: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSLAK
22Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals2.5
45Shot attempts60
28Faceoffs won35
3Power plays6
17Penalty minutes11
34Hits27
13Blocked shots8
8Giveaways11
6Takeaways7

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSoderberg – Fraser – Spooner8:05

    xG 0.72–0.26 (74%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Paille – Florek6:36

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith9:30

    xG 0.13–0.35 (27%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  4. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic11:46

    xG 0.48–0.88 (35%)attempts 7–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Bartkowski13:30

    xG 1.02–0.54 (65%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton11:47

    xG 0.36–0.30 (54%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  3. McQuaid – Krug11:08

    xG 0.50–0.47 (52%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Kopitar – King12:04

    xG 0.64–0.50 (57%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Stoll – Brown9:48

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  3. Richards – Frattin – Toffoli7:59

    xG 0.44–0.63 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Fraser – Lewis – Clifford7:06

    xG 0.22–0.44 (33%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty10:49

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Voynov14:52

    xG 0.46–0.42 (52%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Martinez8:11

    xG 0.35–0.36 (49%)attempts 13–5goals 1–1

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 2.5 xGBOS 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKBOS

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 BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #670 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 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 51% of the time.

LAK winsBOS wins

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

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