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Thu, Jan 7, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 74% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0609111126
LAK016011214241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:53LAKJake MuzzinAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Michael Mersch · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:05LAKJeff CarterGWGAssists: Marian Gaborik, Tanner Pearson · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P3 10:05TORPeter HollandPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:30TORTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:26TORRoman Polak: Boarding5 min
  3. P1 19:26TORRoman Polak: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P1 19:26LAKMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 7:23LAKJake Muzzin: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:09LAKLuke Schenn: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 17:33TORBrad Boyes: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 18:41LAKDrew Doughty: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 9:23LAKTrevor Lewis: Slashing2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORLAK
26Shots on goal41
1.7Expected goals3.2
53Shot attempts66
37Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
19Penalty minutes10
24Hits23
7Blocked shots14
6Giveaways12
2Takeaways2

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Komarov – Grabner – Kadri11:11

    xG 0.05–0.35 (13%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Matthias – Arcobello5:22

    xG 0.02–0.39 (5%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  3. Lupul – Winnik – Holland8:39

    xG 0.12–0.54 (18%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  4. Parenteau – van Riemsdyk – Bozak11:38

    xG 0.25–0.71 (26%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Marincin – Rielly3:13

    xG 0.03–0.03 (56%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Gardiner3:11

    xG 0.05–0.26 (16%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Marincin3:59

    xG 0.00–0.22 (1%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Carter – Pearson8:35

    xG 0.81–0.17 (82%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Brown – Lewis – King9:18

    xG 0.50–0.06 (90%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Lucic – Toffoli11:01

    xG 0.41–0.06 (88%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Nolan – Mersch6:25

    xG 0.34–0.06 (84%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb16:33

    xG 1.23–0.14 (90%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez11:42

    xG 0.67–0.02 (97%)attempts 18–3goals 1–0

  3. Ehrhoff – Schenn12:34

    xG 0.34–0.30 (54%)attempts 11–9goals 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 3.2 xGTOR 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #995 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 74% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

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

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