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Thu, Nov 20, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 75% of the time.

LAK winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR15111011227
LAK11221809339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:53LAKJarret StollPPAssists: Dustin Brown, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:16CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Nathan Gerbe, Brett Bellemore · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:37LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Marian Gaborik, Drew Doughty · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:21CAREric StaalPPAssists: Jeff Skinner, Andrej Sekera · Backhand, 0.28 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:59LAKTanner PearsonGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:24LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:21CARJay McClement: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:03LAKMarian Gaborik: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 11:06LAKBrayden McNabb: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:06CARBrad Malone: Instigator2 min
  6. P1 11:06CARBrad Malone: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 11:06CARBrad Malone: Misconduct10 min
  8. P1 13:52LAKMarian Gaborik: Interference2 min
  9. P2 2:13LAKTyler Toffoli: High sticking2 min · PPG
  10. P2 9:05CARJiri Tlusty: Tripping2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARLAK
27Shots on goal39
2.1Expected goals3.6
51Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won37
4Power plays3
21Penalty minutes13
33Hits24
13Blocked shots12
8Giveaways12
2Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Nash – Lindholm4:32

    xG 0.37–0.07 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Malone – Boychuk2:17

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Gerbe – Nash – Skinner2:31

    xG 0.14–0.18 (43%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Dwyer – Gerbe – Nash3:42

    xG 0.03–0.09 (26%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Faulk6:31

    xG 0.46–0.37 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Bellemore14:55

    xG 0.69–0.74 (48%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  3. Gleason – Sekera6:33

    xG 0.05–0.18 (23%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Stoll – Brown10:38

    xG 0.67–0.09 (88%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Kopitar – Lewis11:38

    xG 0.93–0.48 (66%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  3. Carter – King – Toffoli8:04

    xG 0.42–0.15 (74%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  4. Richards – Clifford – Pearson9:09

    xG 0.41–0.47 (46%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty14:41

    xG 1.44–0.56 (72%)attempts 23–11goals 2–1

  2. Greene – McNabb14:40

    xG 0.83–0.14 (86%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Greene2:30

    xG 0.10–0.03 (77%)attempts 1–1goals 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 3.6 xGCAR 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #606 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 75% of the time.

LAK winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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