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Thu, Oct 30, 2014·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Los Angeles Kings 0, Pittsburgh Penguins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 56% of the time.

PIT winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK010010016036
PIT2100617323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:16PITChris KunitzPPGWGAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist · Tip-in, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:14PITKris LetangPPAssists: Chris Kunitz · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:24PITChris KunitzAssists: Sidney Crosby, Christian Ehrhoff · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:28LAKAndy Andreoff: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:25PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 7:21LAKTyler Toffoli: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 8:42LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min
  5. P1 14:24LAKMike Richards: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 4:20LAKDustin Brown: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 9:12LAKJarret Stoll: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 9:12PITSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 9:12PITSteve Downie: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P2 14:07LAKMike Richards: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 4:29LAKJustin Williams: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 4:29PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 10:15PITSimon Despres: Interference2 min
  14. P3 18:49PITCraig Adams: Holding2 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 SOG0PIT
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPIT
36Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals2.3
61Shot attempts44
32Faceoffs won30
4Power plays6
16Penalty minutes12
32Hits33
12Blocked shots18
2Giveaways3
0Takeaways4

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 – Clifford2:22

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Clifford – Nolan3:01

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson6:25

    xG 0.13–0.06 (68%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Stoll – Clifford3:53

    xG 0.03–0.02 (66%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – McNabb6:44

    xG 0.50–0.01 (97%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty19:24

    xG 0.52–0.48 (52%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Martinez12:46

    xG 0.23–0.77 (23%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Crosby – Hornqvist9:12

    xG 0.67–0.29 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Dupuis – Downie – Sutter3:49

    xG 0.15–0.08 (65%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Downie – Sutter – Spaling4:34

    xG 0.04–0.03 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Comeau – Spaling2:01

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Ehrhoff11:43

    xG 0.65–0.18 (79%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Letang – Maatta10:48

    xG 0.16–0.51 (24%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Despres14:00

    xG 0.21–0.60 (26%)attempts 5–17goals 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.

PIT 2.3 xGLAK 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1129 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PIT 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 56% of the time.

PIT winsLAK wins

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

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