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Mon, Nov 2, 2015·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 2, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 52% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK21006019235
CHI1608312426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:01CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Ryan Garbutt, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:39LAKAlec MartinezAssists: Kyle Clifford, Jake Muzzin · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:43LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Jake Muzzin, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:22CHIPatrick KaneAssists: Brent Seabrook, Viktor Svedberg · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:02CHITeuvo TeravainenGWGAssists: Patrick Kane, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:27CHIArtem AnisimovSHAssists: Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:05LAKBrayden McNabb: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 14:27CHIMarcus Kruger: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 14:27LAKAnze Kopitar: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 3:56CHIArtemi Panarin: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 16:40CHIRyan Garbutt: Holding2 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 SOG0CHI
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
35Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals2.3
63Shot attempts53
27Faceoffs won37
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
49Hits19
16Blocked shots17
0Giveaways5
2Takeaways10

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 – Kopitar – Lewis7:01

    xG 0.54–0.09 (86%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Shore2:20

    xG 0.15–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Shore – Pearson4:37

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff5:48

    xG 0.20–0.26 (44%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez14:56

    xG 0.90–0.41 (69%)attempts 17–13goals 2–1

  2. Doughty – McNabb19:59

    xG 0.50–0.63 (44%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  3. Ehrhoff – Muzzin3:02

    xG 0.02–0.19 (8%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Garbutt – Panarin13:17

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Teravainen11:31

    xG 0.27–0.30 (48%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Desjardins – Kruger – Shaw8:04

    xG 0.51–0.71 (42%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Dano – Hartman – Kero7:51

    xG 0.14–0.37 (28%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeabrook – Svedberg18:58

    xG 1.10–0.74 (60%)attempts 18–18goals 1–1

  2. Hjalmarsson – van Riemsdyk19:32

    xG 0.60–0.47 (56%)attempts 18–18goals 1–0

  3. Seabrook – Hjalmarsson2:27

    xG 0.22–0.13 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

CHI 2.3 xGLAK 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #538 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 52% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+4
+5
+6
+7

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