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Thu, Mar 13, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 82% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1151816329
LAK210017014241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:57LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Drew Doughty, Justin Williams · Tip-in, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:05LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Marian Gaborik · Slap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:13TORDion PhaneufPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:46TORCarl GunnarssonAssists: Cody Franson, Nazem Kadri · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:06TORMason RaymondSHGWGAssists: James van Riemsdyk · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:23LAKMarian Gaborik: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:17LAKAlec Martinez: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:38TORTim Gleason: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:42LAKJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:57TORDavid Clarkson: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:41TORPaul Ranger: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 3:29TORTyler Bozak: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORLAK
29Shots on goal41
3.0Expected goals5.4
43Shot attempts83
32Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
28Hits29
16Blocked shots6
16Giveaways15
4Takeaways3

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Bodie – Raymond – Kulemin2:38

    xG 0.04–0.04 (47%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak13:32

    xG 0.28–0.67 (30%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Clarkson – Kadri12:10

    xG 0.18–1.05 (15%)attempts 5–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Rielly8:36

    xG 0.46–0.19 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Franson – Gardiner9:36

    xG 0.13–0.14 (49%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Ranger – Franson2:26

    xG 0.02–0.08 (17%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Williams – Kopitar11:14

    xG 1.30–0.13 (91%)attempts 20–4goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Richards – Toffoli8:39

    xG 1.00–0.14 (88%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Brown – King8:28

    xG 0.52–0.12 (82%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Clifford – Nolan6:49

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Voynov15:46

    xG 1.50–0.89 (63%)attempts 23–11goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty14:23

    xG 0.91–0.31 (75%)attempts 24–11goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Martinez11:00

    xG 0.44–0.20 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 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 5.4 xGTOR 3.0 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #427 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 82% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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