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Sat, Mar 1, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 85% of the time.

LAK winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR180809125
LAK110011210331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:04LAKMike RichardsAssists: Robyn Regehr · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:45CARAndrej SekeraAssists: Riley Nash, Patrick Dwyer · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:15LAKAlec MartinezPPGWGAssists: Dustin Brown, Justin Williams · Slap, 0.35 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:59LAKJustin WilliamsENAssists: Anze Kopitar, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.58 xG1–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:49CARMike Komisarek: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 2:10LAKTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:03CARMike Komisarek: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 15:14CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 15:14LAKSlava Voynov: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 16:05CARRon Hainsey: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 0:18CARJiri Tlusty: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 6:47LAKRobyn Regehr: Boarding2 min
  9. P2 11:05CARMike Komisarek: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 6:25CARJiri Tlusty: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 9:56LAKKyle Clifford: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARLAK
25Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals4.2
41Shot attempts62
31Faceoffs won28
3Power plays6
14Penalty minutes8
27Hits34
9Blocked shots3
5Giveaways14
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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Nash – Bowman7:10

    xG 0.31–0.18 (63%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Ruutu – Nash – Skinner2:11

    xG 0.08–0.16 (33%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Tlusty – Lindholm11:07

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Staal – Skinner8:22

    xG 0.29–0.58 (34%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bellemore12:03

    xG 0.63–0.18 (78%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Liles4:33

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Faulk14:42

    xG 0.51–0.72 (41%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Brown – King7:37

    xG 0.48–0.14 (78%)attempts 11–2goals 0–1

  2. Carter – Richards – Pearson8:00

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Williams – Kopitar – Toffoli6:56

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Clifford – Vey8:27

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Martinez9:15

    xG 0.41–0.09 (82%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Regehr – Voynov14:57

    xG 0.86–0.60 (59%)attempts 13–16goals 1–1

  3. Muzzin – Doughty10:26

    xG 0.53–0.51 (51%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

LAK 4.2 xGCAR 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #731 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 85% of the time.

LAK winsCAR wins

Simulated goal difference (LAK − CAR), 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).