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Thu, Feb 26, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Ottawa Senators 1, Los Angeles Kings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0601616128
LAK011013011035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:40OTTMike HoffmanGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:32LAKBrayden McNabb: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:18OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:26OTTEric Gryba: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 2:48LAKJamie McBain: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:16LAKJamie McBain: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 8:18OTTBobby Ryan: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:03OTTMika Zibanejad: Hooking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTLAK
28Shots on goal35
3.2Expected goals3.6
48Shot attempts70
31Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
39Hits30
14Blocked shots10
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways2

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Hoffman – Zibanejad10:28

    xG 0.61–0.50 (55%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  2. Legwand – Greening – Chiasson5:22

    xG 0.06–0.06 (51%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Turris – Stone10:02

    xG 0.29–0.44 (40%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Condra – Pageau – Lazar11:10

    xG 0.34–0.86 (28%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Ceci9:25

    xG 0.75–0.64 (54%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Borowiecki2:27

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Wiercioch2:03

    xG 0.08–0.03 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – King – Toffoli10:49

    xG 1.35–0.55 (71%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar11:21

    xG 0.38–0.19 (66%)attempts 16–4goals 0–1

  3. Williams – Stoll – Lewis9:45

    xG 0.12–0.53 (19%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Clifford – Nolan – Shore6:58

    xG 0.13–0.56 (20%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Doughty17:07

    xG 1.04–0.77 (58%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. McBain – McNabb9:33

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – McNabb3:33

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 6–5goals 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 xGOTT 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1082 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 57% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

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

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