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Mon, Jan 12, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR030808019
LAK170617220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:37LAKAnze KopitarGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:00LAKMarian GaborikENAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter · Backhand, 0.67 xG0–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:55TORDavid Clarkson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 6:20LAKDustin Brown: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 6:20TORDavid Booth: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:26LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:26TORTroy Bodie: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 2:33LAKMatt Greene: Interference2 min
  7. P2 14:19LAKMatt Greene: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 2:32TORPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 12:08LAKJeff Schultz: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORLAK
19Shots on goal20
2.4Expected goals3.4
46Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won22
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
30Hits41
7Blocked shots13
8Giveaways14
1Takeaways6

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestWinnik – van Riemsdyk – Kadri7:17

    xG 0.69–0.30 (70%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Kessel – Bozak – Panik8:03

    xG 0.51–0.19 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Clarkson – Santorelli – Komarov3:52

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Booth – Santorelli – Winnik3:18

    xG 0.05–0.07 (44%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Gardiner11:23

    xG 0.53–0.41 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Franson14:47

    xG 0.53–0.61 (46%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  3. Polak – Rielly13:26

    xG 0.45–0.66 (40%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Stoll – Brown10:31

    xG 0.62–0.53 (54%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff6:33

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Carter – Kopitar10:47

    xG 0.51–0.51 (50%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  4. Richards – Lewis – King7:38

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb18:17

    xG 0.98–0.49 (67%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Martinez14:16

    xG 0.62–0.62 (50%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Muzzin9:52

    xG 0.27–0.49 (35%)attempts 6–11goals 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 3.4 xGTOR 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1206 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 69% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

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

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