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Tue, Oct 27, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Los Angeles Kings 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK08110314432
WPG0911105125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:45WPGNikolaj EhlersUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:50LAKJake MuzzinAssists: Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:19LAKMilan LucicGWGAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter · Tip-in, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:06LAKTyler ToffoliENAssists: Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.76 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:33LAKTrevor LewisENAssists: Jeff Carter, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.65 xG4–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 19:00LAKChristian Ehrhoff: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 16:17WPGJacob Trouba: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKWPG
32Shots on goal25
3.2Expected goals2.2
59Shot attempts52
23Faceoffs won26
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
20Hits30
15Blocked shots16
14Giveaways23
6Takeaways11

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. bestCarter – Lucic – Toffoli13:12

    xG 0.63–0.37 (63%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Gaborik – Lewis – Clifford4:49

    xG 0.26–0.06 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Pearson6:49

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar6:36

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez18:25

    xG 0.87–0.45 (66%)attempts 19–16goals 2–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb20:11

    xG 0.40–0.13 (76%)attempts 22–7goals 0–1

  3. Ehrhoff – McBain13:24

    xG 0.45–0.50 (48%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Burmistrov – Lowry12:26

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  2. Thorburn – Peluso – Copp7:11

    xG 0.07–0.02 (75%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little15:12

    xG 0.35–0.63 (36%)attempts 14–20goals 0–1

  4. Perreault – Scheifele – Ehlers11:08

    xG 0.37–0.68 (35%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba15:25

    xG 0.52–0.20 (72%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Byfuglien18:49

    xG 0.40–0.50 (45%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Chiarot16:43

    xG 0.26–0.96 (22%)attempts 13–26goals 0–2

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.

WPG 2.2 xGLAK 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #816 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 69% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

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

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