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Sun, Oct 25, 2015·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 3, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 53% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK110113111334
EDM1805115228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:42EDMBenoit PouliotAssists: Connor McDavid, Nail Yakupov · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:04LAKJeff CarterAssists: Milan Lucic, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:36LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Kyle Clifford, Jordan Nolan · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:56EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oscar Klefbom · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:34LAKTanner PearsonPPGWGAssists: Jake Muzzin, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:04LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:04EDMLuke Gazdic: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 4:05LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:24EDMLauri Korpikoski: Holding2 min
  5. P3 12:07LAKBrayden McNabb: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 15:05EDMLauri Korpikoski: 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
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
34Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals2.5
59Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
39Hits24
18Blocked shots18
10Giveaways15
3Takeaways13

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 – Kopitar – Pearson11:23

    xG 0.34–0.14 (71%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Lucic – Toffoli12:54

    xG 0.28–0.18 (60%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  3. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff8:18

    xG 0.29–0.51 (37%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Lewis – Shore9:19

    xG 0.16–0.68 (19%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb19:57

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Ehrhoff – McBain13:02

    xG 0.45–0.58 (43%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez16:08

    xG 0.63–0.77 (45%)attempts 18–16goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Yakupov – McDavid12:14

    xG 1.11–0.22 (83%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Klinkhammer – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:47

    xG 0.24–0.20 (54%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  3. Korpikoski – Purcell – Lander11:07

    xG 0.13–0.38 (25%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Letestu – Gazdic – Pakarinen4:22

    xG 0.02–0.33 (7%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Fayne11:53

    xG 0.72–0.21 (77%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Gryba4:41

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Davidson – Klefbom2:18

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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 2.5 xGLAK 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 66/100 · #407 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 53% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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