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Mon, Mar 30, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 72% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11001309132
CHI116213111440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:31CHIBryan BickellAssists: Brandon Saad, Andrew Shaw · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:28LAKJake MuzzinAssists: Trevor Lewis, Nicholas Shore · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:37CHIDuncan KeithPPGWGAssists: Marian Hossa, Jonathan Toews · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:41CHINiklas HjalmarssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:06CHIMarian HossaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:35LAKRobyn Regehr: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:39LAKAndrej Sekera: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:12CHIMarcus Kruger: High sticking2 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 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
32Shots on goal40
1.8Expected goals3.0
50Shot attempts62
37Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
41Hits23
12Blocked shots13
0Giveaways4
1Takeaways8

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. bestBrown – Richards – Lewis2:52

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Clifford – Nolan – Shore3:20

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Williams – Kopitar12:40

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Lewis – Shore7:43

    xG 0.14–0.33 (29%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Regehr – Sekera11:44

    xG 0.41–0.40 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Regehr – Martinez2:49

    xG 0.05–0.06 (44%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty19:20

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDesjardins – Kruger – Teravainen12:09

    xG 0.60–0.10 (86%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Shaw – Saad9:28

    xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Hossa – Versteeg – Toews11:43

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  4. Richards – Vermette – Sharp14:06

    xG 0.41–0.55 (43%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Keith16:28

    xG 0.76–0.26 (75%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson17:57

    xG 0.73–0.41 (64%)attempts 21–11goals 3–0

  3. Timonen – Seabrook10:41

    xG 0.43–0.20 (68%)attempts 8–7goals 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.

CHI 3.0 xGLAK 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #864 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 72% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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