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Tue, Oct 14, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 1, Los Angeles Kings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 66% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM07012113132
LAK3132716626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:06LAKJeff CarterAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Tanner Pearson · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:21LAKJustin WilliamsGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Matt Greene · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:49LAKTyler ToffoliSHAssists: Slava Voynov · Snap, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:04LAKDustin BrownAssists: Dwight King · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P2 5:29LAKTanner PearsonAssists: Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–5
  6. P3 5:59LAKTanner PearsonPPAssists: Alec Martinez, Mike Richards · Backhand, 0.35 xG0–6
  7. P3 19:39EDMMatt HendricksAssists: Boyd Gordon · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:50LAKAndy Andreoff: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:50EDMMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:28EDMBenoit Pouliot: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 8:30LAKTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:30EDMMark Arcobello: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 7:34EDMJesse Joensuu: Holding2 min
  7. P3 13:42LAKSlava Voynov: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:32LAKJarret Stoll: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Arcobello won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMLAK
32Shots on goal26
2.1Expected goals3.0
53Shot attempts45
25Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
28Hits38
6Blocked shots12
5Giveaways10
2Takeaways3

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJoensuu – Perron – Yakimov9:29

    xG 0.49–0.27 (65%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  2. Purcell – Hall – Arcobello11:56

    xG 0.37–0.44 (45%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Hendricks – Gordon – Acton9:13

    xG 0.24–0.43 (36%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Pouliot – Yakupov – Draisaitl8:49

    xG 0.31–0.58 (35%)attempts 8–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Nurse14:41

    xG 0.94–0.91 (51%)attempts 18–10goals 0–2

  2. Ference – Hunt15:23

    xG 0.23–0.21 (52%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Nikitin – Schultz3:43

    xG 0.02–0.13 (13%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Toffoli – Pearson9:52

    xG 0.58–0.36 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff10:15

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Richards – Kopitar11:05

    xG 0.71–0.62 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  4. Stoll – Brown – King11:09

    xG 0.19–0.45 (30%)attempts 7–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Voynov17:19

    xG 0.87–0.63 (58%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Martinez12:47

    xG 0.59–0.47 (56%)attempts 10–11goals 2–1

  3. Doughty – McNabb17:14

    xG 0.44–0.61 (42%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

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 3.0 xGEDM 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1050 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 66% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

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

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