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Thu, Apr 10, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 3, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 93% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK210115023348
EDM0401003017

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:27LAKAnze KopitarGWGAssists: Justin Williams, Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:00LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Willie Mitchell, Anze Kopitar · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:55LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Slava Voynov, Justin Williams · Snap, 0.06 xG3–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:51EDMSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:11EDMSteven Pinizzotto: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P3 6:55EDMDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 13:14EDMTaylor Hall: High sticking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
48Shots on goal17
4.4Expected goals1.2
81Shot attempts39
28Faceoffs won22
4Power plays0
0Penalty minutes8
20Hits31
12Blocked shots20
12Giveaways18
12Takeaways5

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. bestGaborik – Williams – Kopitar12:53

    xG 1.30–0.26 (83%)attempts 15–9goals 3–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Toffoli11:08

    xG 0.66–0.15 (82%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Richards – Nolan10:16

    xG 0.44–0.14 (76%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Brown – King8:58

    xG 0.35–0.47 (43%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Voynov18:41

    xG 1.16–0.44 (72%)attempts 22–10goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Greene2:30

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Campbell10:06

    xG 0.54–0.13 (80%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Gagner – Perron8:50

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Perron – Lander6:59

    xG 0.19–0.35 (34%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Hendricks – Pinizzotto – Acton6:43

    xG 0.06–0.49 (10%)attempts 2–12goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins16:31

    xG 0.29–1.61 (15%)attempts 9–22goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Fraser – Larsen6:57

    xG 0.13–0.14 (48%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Fraser – Belov2:46

    xG 0.06–0.08 (42%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Larsen – Belov4:02

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 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.

EDM 1.2 xGLAK 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1167 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 93% 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).