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Sat, Apr 11, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

San Jose Sharks 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 84% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS180805121
LAK08111317436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:38SJSBrent BurnsPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:47LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Jarret Stoll, Andy Andreoff · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:03LAKBrayden McNabbGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Jeff Carter · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:27LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Jake Muzzin, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:16LAKAndy AndreoffENAssists: Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:25LAKRobyn Regehr: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:54SJSJohn Scott: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 8:33LAKAlec Martinez: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:19LAKKyle Clifford: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 7:19SJSMike Brown: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 11:36LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:16SJSChris Tierney: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 4:02SJSBrenden Dillon: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSLAK
21Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals4.2
36Shot attempts62
27Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits31
14Blocked shots3
14Giveaways6
3Takeaways2

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Karlsson8:16

    xG 0.37–0.07 (83%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Smith – Hertl5:11

    xG 0.23–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Couture – Lerg8:59

    xG 0.24–0.66 (27%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  4. Wingels – Nieto – Tierney6:37

    xG 0.07–1.05 (6%)attempts 2–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Stollery2:05

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Irwin – Fedun12:56

    xG 0.47–0.61 (43%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Stollery15:40

    xG 0.53–1.14 (32%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestLewis – Clifford – Nolan7:25

    xG 0.92–0.19 (83%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Williams – Carter4:41

    xG 0.78–0.19 (81%)attempts 9–1goals 2–0

  3. Gaborik – Williams – Kopitar5:13

    xG 0.56–0.06 (90%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Toffoli – Andreoff5:54

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez9:05

    xG 1.38–0.08 (95%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Greene – McNabb13:28

    xG 0.90–0.17 (84%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  3. Regehr – Doughty14:17

    xG 0.53–0.53 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 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 4.2 xGSJS 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #757 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 84% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

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

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