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Sat, Jan 16, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Ottawa Senators 5, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 55% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0715411523
LAK1811817333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:37LAKJeff CarterAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:48LAKVincent LecavalierPPAssists: Jeff Carter, Christian Ehrhoff · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:34OTTAlex ChiassonAssists: Curtis Lazar · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:05LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Milan Lucic, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:08OTTBobby RyanAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:34OTTJean-Gabriel PageauUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:10OTTMika ZibanejadPPGWGAssists: Bobby Ryan, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:46OTTMark BorowieckiENAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.35 xG5–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:26LAKBrayden McNabb: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:25OTTKyle Turris: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:33OTTKyle Turris: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:00OTTMike Hoffman: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:27LAKJordan Nolan: Interference2 min
  6. P3 10:34LAKNicholas Shore: High sticking double minor4 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTLAK
23Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals3.1
51Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won36
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits26
20Blocked shots14
12Giveaways24
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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMichalek – Ryan – Zibanejad2:36

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Michalek – Hoffman – Zibanejad8:16

    xG 0.28–0.20 (59%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Pageau – Lazar8:54

    xG 0.66–0.75 (47%)attempts 7–15goals 2–0

  4. Turris – Hoffman – Stone3:29

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson3:34

    xG 0.36–0.18 (67%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  2. Methot – Borowiecki9:24

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Karlsson – Claesson14:22

    xG 0.33–0.43 (44%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Lucic – Toffoli12:50

    xG 0.84–0.31 (73%)attempts 19–7goals 1–1

  2. Brown – Nolan – Shore8:50

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Gaborik – Lewis8:42

    xG 0.16–0.20 (45%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Carter – King – Pearson11:28

    xG 0.28–1.06 (21%)attempts 9–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb14:31

    xG 0.32–0.23 (57%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty2:26

    xG 0.04–0.06 (44%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez11:30

    xG 0.50–0.56 (47%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

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 3.1 xGOTT 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #132 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50LAK 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 55% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

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

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