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Thu, Apr 2, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 2, Los Angeles Kings 8

Expected result

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

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM09111110230
LAK31229312833

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:23LAKDustin BrownAssists: Trevor Lewis, Jarret Stoll · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:07LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:13LAKDrew DoughtyGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:55EDMTeddy PurcellPPAssists: Anton Lander, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–3
  5. P2 12:14LAKJordan NolanAssists: Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P2 18:38LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Marian Gaborik, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–5
  7. P3 2:53LAKRobyn RegehrAssists: Alec Martinez · Slap, 0.02 xG1–6
  8. P3 3:15LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Justin Williams · Slap, 0.08 xG1–7
  9. P3 9:21LAKJeff CarterAssists: Dwight King, Tyler Toffoli · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–8
  10. P3 18:30EDMJordan EberleAssists: Taylor Hall, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–8
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 17:13LAKRobyn Regehr: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:08EDMAnton Lander: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:40LAKKyle Clifford: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:58LAKBrayden McNabb: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:31EDMAndrew Miller: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMLAK
30Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals3.3
53Shot attempts64
32Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits33
17Blocked shots10
9Giveaways8
3Takeaways3

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lander – Hall4:54

    xG 0.40–0.03 (92%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Hendricks – Gazdic – Fraser9:11

    xG 0.65–0.41 (62%)attempts 13–13goals 0–2

  3. Pouliot – Nugent-Hopkins – Miller4:10

    xG 0.15–0.08 (64%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  4. Roy – Purcell – Yakupov12:29

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Marincin – Davidson7:37

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  2. Aulie – Klefbom3:39

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Aulie – Schultz2:25

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestClifford – Nolan – Shore10:37

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Carter – King – Toffoli12:19

    xG 0.96–0.65 (60%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. Gaborik – Williams – Kopitar11:37

    xG 0.47–0.43 (52%)attempts 12–9goals 3–0

  4. Stoll – Brown – Lewis12:03

    xG 0.27–0.41 (39%)attempts 11–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty18:48

    xG 1.48–0.66 (69%)attempts 22–13goals 3–0

  2. Greene – McNabb16:06

    xG 0.69–0.51 (57%)attempts 18–14goals 2–0

  3. Regehr – Martinez16:17

    xG 0.60–0.73 (45%)attempts 13–18goals 2–1

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 3.3 xGEDM 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #681 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 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 60% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

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

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