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Thu, Apr 3, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Los Angeles Kings 1, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 64% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1100908127
SJS0521006221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:36LAKJordan NolanAssists: Jarret Stoll, Alec Martinez · Deflected, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:15SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Brent Burns, Dan Boyle · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:13SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Patrick Marleau, Tommy Wingels · Wrap-around, 0.22 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:04SJSBrent Burns: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 5:09LAKAnze Kopitar: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:21SJSJason Demers: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:26SJSDan Boyle: Holding2 min
  5. P2 7:11LAKDustin Brown: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 12:59SJSJoe Thornton: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 12:59LAKSlava Voynov: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:44SJSTyler Kennedy: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:27SJSMatt Nieto: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 8:29SJSJason Demers: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 8:29LAKJarret Stoll: Roughing2 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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSJS
27Shots on goal21
2.2Expected goals1.6
80Shot attempts49
32Faceoffs won30
5Power plays2
8Penalty minutes14
32Hits52
17Blocked shots27
14Giveaways12
7Takeaways17

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. bestStoll – Brown – Nolan4:10

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Lewis – Clifford4:53

    xG 0.09–0.00 (97%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Lewis – Nolan2:08

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson6:15

    xG 0.03–0.02 (58%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Voynov8:52

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Regehr – Martinez4:30

    xG 0.09–0.02 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Muzzin5:43

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Couture – Wingels9:23

    xG 0.55–0.17 (76%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  2. Havlat – Brown – Desjardins6:51

    xG 0.10–0.15 (41%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Kennedy – Sheppard – Nieto7:31

    xG 0.01–0.35 (3%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers12:41

    xG 0.55–0.11 (84%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Braun5:49

    xG 0.23–0.35 (40%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Boyle11:38

    xG 0.28–0.48 (37%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

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.

SJS 1.6 xGLAK 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #953 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 64% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).