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Sun, Mar 9, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 4, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 87% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK112321017450
EDM1501418227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:36LAKJeff CarterAssists: Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:24EDMTaylor HallAssists: David Perron, Sam Gagner · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:49LAKAlec MartinezAssists: Robyn Regehr, Dustin Brown · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:16LAKJeff CarterPPGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Slava Voynov · Wrist, 0.44 xG3–1
  5. P2 15:49LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Jeff Carter · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 2:05EDMSam GagnerAssists: Taylor Hall, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 18:42EDMPhilip Larsen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:34EDMSam Gagner: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:56LAKJordan Nolan: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 19:56LAKJordan Nolan: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:56EDMJesse Joensuu: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 0:56EDMJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 1:34LAKMike Richards: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 1:34LAKJeff Carter: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 6:20LAKAnze Kopitar: Hooking2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gordon won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
50Shots on goal27
5.3Expected goals2.4
78Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
18Penalty minutes8
24Hits28
17Blocked shots14
18Giveaways28
8Takeaways7

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. bestCarter – Lewis – Clifford2:25

    xG 0.65–0.25 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Richards – Toffoli7:41

    xG 0.56–0.27 (67%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  3. Gaborik – Williams – Kopitar10:23

    xG 0.36–0.22 (62%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Clifford – Nolan3:30

    xG 0.06–0.15 (28%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty16:38

    xG 1.25–0.37 (77%)attempts 24–8goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Martinez11:12

    xG 0.73–0.48 (61%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  3. Mitchell – Doughty3:52

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Perron – Hall12:10

    xG 0.82–0.64 (56%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Joensuu8:24

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Jones – Gazdic5:18

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov12:41

    xG 0.35–1.27 (22%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ference – Fraser2:09

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Fraser – Larsen11:45

    xG 0.27–0.34 (44%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

  3. Ference – Schultz15:42

    xG 0.67–1.20 (36%)attempts 18–20goals 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.

EDM 2.4 xGLAK 5.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #654 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 87% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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