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Mon, Jan 20, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Los Angeles Kings 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

BOS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0814111223
BOS290915323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:07BOSBrad MarchandSHAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:51BOSTorey KrugPPAssists: David Krejci, Ryan Spooner · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:09LAKWillie MitchellAssists: Mike Richards · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:35LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:53BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Reilly Smith, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 11:33BOSDavid Krejci: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:25BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:25LAKJordan Nolan: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 14:25BOSMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:43LAKRobyn Regehr: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 0:29LAKWillie Mitchell: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:28LAKRobyn Regehr: Holding2 min
  8. P2 19:18BOSMatt Bartkowski: Interference2 min
  9. P3 6:31BOSPatrice Bergeron: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 6:31LAKJarret Stoll: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 7:21BOSJohnny Boychuk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 19:15LAKJake Muzzin: Tripping2 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 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackBOS 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.

LAKBOS
23Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals1.9
53Shot attempts43
36Faceoffs won21
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
22Hits29
11Blocked shots16
3Giveaways8
3Takeaways6

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 – Richards – Frattin8:04

    xG 0.69–0.16 (81%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Stoll – Lewis – King9:04

    xG 0.54–0.29 (65%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan6:06

    xG 0.08–0.19 (29%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Brown – Kopitar9:16

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Martinez5:35

    xG 0.78–0.30 (73%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  2. Muzzin – Doughty10:08

    xG 0.54–0.09 (86%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Doughty4:10

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Campbell – Paille8:11

    xG 0.42–0.13 (76%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Soderberg – Spooner7:15

    xG 0.08–0.04 (69%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic9:28

    xG 0.11–0.22 (34%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith12:24

    xG 0.54–0.74 (42%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBartkowski – Trotman12:26

    xG 0.43–0.15 (75%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Miller10:27

    xG 0.41–0.37 (53%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Boychuk2:24

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

BOS 1.9 xGLAK 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #357 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 57% of the time.

BOS winsLAK wins

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

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