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Tue, Dec 30, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 2, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 70% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK07015215020239
EDM1611001041321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37EDMMatt HendricksAssists: Derek Roy, Oscar Klefbom · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:32EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 10:02LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Jeff Carter · Snap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:35LAKJake MuzzinPPAssists: Marian Gaborik, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  2. 2. EDM Derek Roy stopped
  3. 3. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  4. 4. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  5. 5. LAK Tyler Toffoli stopped
  6. 6. EDM Matt Hendricks stopped
  7. 7. LAK Justin Williams stopped
  8. 8. EDM David Perron scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:04LAKDwight King: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:53EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:23EDMJeff Petry: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:18LAKAndy Andreoff: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:49LAKTyler Toffoli: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 14:49EDMNail Yakupov: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 14:56LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 16:59EDMJustin Schultz: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lewis won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
39Shots on goal21
2.5Expected goals1.4
68Shot attempts57
34Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
38Hits32
19Blocked shots19
14Giveaways10
5Takeaways4

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. bestWilliams – Richards – Andreoff3:01

    xG 0.45–0.04 (91%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson5:42

    xG 0.31–0.02 (94%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Toffoli – Pearson4:51

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Kopitar – King3:58

    xG 0.16–0.05 (78%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty16:41

    xG 0.77–0.28 (73%)attempts 25–12goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Martinez14:02

    xG 0.52–0.12 (82%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Doughty2:59

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Perron – Fraser – Draisaitl9:03

    xG 0.23–0.26 (46%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins11:38

    xG 0.12–0.18 (41%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Roy – Purcell – Yakupov7:59

    xG 0.12–0.41 (23%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  4. Hendricks – Gordon – Pitlick9:01

    xG 0.10–0.55 (16%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Petry – Klefbom2:37

    xG 0.09–0.05 (66%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Klefbom2:18

    xG 0.03–0.02 (62%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Nikitin – Schultz6:41

    xG 0.03–0.14 (18%)attempts 3–7goals 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 1.4 xGLAK 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 70/100 · #313 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 70% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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