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Sat, Nov 14, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 3, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0721117325
LAK2141717428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:17LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Tanner Pearson · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:56LAKTanner PearsonAssists: Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:17EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Taylor Hall, Eric Gryba · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:35LAKMilan LucicAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter · Snap, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:53EDMTeddy PurcellAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Oscar Klefbom · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:10EDMTaylor HallAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Teddy Purcell · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:23LAKNicholas ShoreGWGAssists: Tanner Pearson · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 1:41LAKDustin Brown: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 5:24LAKAlec Martinez: Interference2 min
  3. P2 18:08EDMJordan Eberle: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 0:39EDMOscar Klefbom: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:11EDMAnton Lander: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 8:03LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 16:15EDMAnton Lander: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
47% to win54% to win
← EDM attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMLAK
25Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals2.4
52Shot attempts60
27Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits24
19Blocked shots11
5Giveaways10
5Takeaways4

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPurcell – Hall – Draisaitl12:33

    xG 0.74–0.36 (67%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  2. Hendricks – Letestu – Yakupov9:24

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Eberle – Lander8:57

    xG 0.32–0.41 (44%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

  4. Gazdic – Pakarinen – Miller4:28

    xG 0.16–0.37 (30%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Reinhart9:22

    xG 0.69–0.59 (54%)attempts 10–10goals 1–2

  2. Fayne – Klefbom11:12

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Gryba – Klefbom2:13

    xG 0.05–0.02 (74%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Kopitar – Pearson9:48

    xG 0.71–0.21 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 2–1

  2. Carter – Lucic – Toffoli10:37

    xG 0.64–0.64 (50%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff7:22

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Lewis – Shore12:41

    xG 0.08–0.43 (16%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb15:55

    xG 0.90–0.37 (71%)attempts 18–7goals 1–2

  2. Muzzin – Martinez12:33

    xG 0.34–0.10 (77%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty2:52

    xG 0.16–0.03 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 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 2.4 xGEDM 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #108 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.29 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 52% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

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

-7
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-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).