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Sat, Feb 7, 2015·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Los Angeles Kings 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 55% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK3901515429
TBL0911019228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:33LAKTyler ToffoliUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:30LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Trevor Lewis, Jake Muzzin · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:58LAKDrew DoughtyGWGAssists: Robyn Regehr, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–0
  4. P2 0:58TBLNikita KucherovUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:34TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:46LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Marian Gaborik, Robyn Regehr · Slap, 0.03 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:31LAKJeff Carter: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:59TBLAndrej Sustr: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 1:59LAKDustin Brown: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:11TBLBrian Boyle: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:11LAKJordan Nolan: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 12:04LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:04TBLRyan Callahan: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  8. P2 19:03TBLVictor Hedman: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 13:52TBLAlex Killorn: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P3 15:26LAKJustin Williams: Too many men on the ice2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTBL
29Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals1.8
47Shot attempts58
27Faceoffs won36
2Power plays2
10Penalty minutes10
27Hits22
14Blocked shots8
3Giveaways6
8Takeaways6

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. bestCarter – King – Toffoli9:55

    xG 0.20–0.06 (78%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar10:35

    xG 0.36–0.34 (52%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Clifford – Nolan – Shore6:14

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Stoll – Lewis10:28

    xG 0.21–0.39 (36%)attempts 5–10goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Doughty9:16

    xG 0.35–0.05 (88%)attempts 13–3goals 3–0

  2. Regehr – Greene3:22

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Muzzin7:36

    xG 0.13–0.08 (62%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Boyle – Connolly7:01

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov9:11

    xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 1–2

  3. Killorn – Paquette – Drouin8:34

    xG 0.16–0.13 (56%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Filppula – Callahan – Stamkos11:24

    xG 0.25–0.53 (32%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Nesterov10:08

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Nesterov – Sustr3:00

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Barberio – Sustr12:02

    xG 0.17–0.26 (40%)attempts 4–11goals 0–2

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.

TBL 1.8 xGLAK 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #403 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TBL 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 55% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

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

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