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Sat, Feb 21, 2015·Levi's Stadium, Santa ClaraOutdoor game

Los Angeles Kings 2, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11206111229
SJS11001507132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:46LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Jake Muzzin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:56SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Tommy Wingels · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:04LAKMarian GaborikGWGAssists: Jeff Carter · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:33SJSBrenden Dillon: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:24LAKRobyn Regehr: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 13:06SJSMatt Irwin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:03LAKJake Muzzin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 10:06LAKDustin Brown: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSJS
29Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals1.7
62Shot attempts62
31Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
45Hits49
18Blocked shots14
7Giveaways18
5Takeaways13

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 – Toffoli10:44

    xG 0.46–0.16 (74%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Williams – Stoll – Lewis11:06

    xG 0.27–0.12 (69%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Nolan – Shore7:10

    xG 0.15–0.07 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar11:08

    xG 0.63–0.60 (51%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Muzzin14:04

    xG 0.62–0.26 (71%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  2. Regehr – Doughty21:41

    xG 0.72–0.66 (52%)attempts 23–26goals 0–0

  3. McBain – McNabb7:19

    xG 0.07–0.06 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Sheppard – Nieto – Hertl8:55

    xG 0.11–0.13 (47%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Couture – Wingels12:18

    xG 0.33–0.48 (41%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Marleau – Karlsson10:18

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  4. Kennedy – Desjardins – Scott6:30

    xG 0.02–0.18 (8%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Burns – Vlasic14:37

    xG 0.67–0.68 (49%)attempts 24–15goals 1–2

  2. Hannan – Irwin12:07

    xG 0.07–0.34 (17%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Dillon16:41

    xG 0.35–0.73 (32%)attempts 12–17goals 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.

SJS 1.7 xGLAK 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #843 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 60% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

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

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