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Tue, Apr 7, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 2, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 74% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK01111016227
EDM062927422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:34EDMMatt FraserAssists: Martin Marincin, Anton Lander · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:44LAKJake MuzzinPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:09EDMBenoit PouliotUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:31EDMTyler PitlickGWGAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Anton Lander · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:38LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Martin Jones · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:58EDMMatt FraserENAssists: Nail Yakupov, David Musil · Wrist, 0.63 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:23EDMKeith Aulie: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:23LAKBrayden McNabb: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:39LAKDwight King: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:33EDMKeith Aulie: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:39EDMRob Klinkhammer: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:39LAKTrevor Lewis: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 9:00EDMDerek Roy: Hooking2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Hall
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
27Shots on goal22
1.6Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts38
17Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
9Penalty minutes11
38Hits33
10Blocked shots18
5Giveaways13
10Takeaways9

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. bestGaborik – Williams – Kopitar11:28

    xG 0.59–0.11 (85%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Clifford – Nolan – Shore10:47

    xG 0.28–0.39 (41%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  3. Carter – King – Toffoli11:27

    xG 0.10–0.39 (21%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Brown – Lewis10:46

    xG 0.16–0.80 (16%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty19:10

    xG 0.64–0.47 (58%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  2. Regehr – Doughty3:04

    xG 0.11–0.02 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – McNabb2:12

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLander – Fraser – Pitlick11:37

    xG 0.84–0.06 (93%)attempts 10–2goals 2–0

  2. Roy – Purcell – Yakupov11:33

    xG 0.41–0.47 (46%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Eberle – Hall15:20

    xG 0.49–0.67 (42%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  4. Hendricks – Klinkhammer – Gazdic9:29

    xG 0.09–0.30 (23%)attempts 1–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarincin – Musil15:27

    xG 0.70–0.47 (60%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Klefbom17:12

    xG 0.79–0.59 (57%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Marincin – Klefbom2:01

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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.

EDM 2.8 xGLAK 1.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #633 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 74% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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