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Thu, Feb 18, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Los Angeles Kings 1, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 52% of the time.

STL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK0801311301135
STL116070712232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:32STLRobby FabbriPPAssists: Jori Lehtera, Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:25LAKTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Jeff Carter, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:40STLJaden SchwartzGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 9:42LAKJonathan Quick: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:19LAKDwight King: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 16:49LAKAndy Andreoff: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:21STLDavid Backes: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:49LAKJordan Nolan: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 10:40STLAlexander Steen: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:13STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 12:13LAKMilan Lucic: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 13:43STLPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 16:04STLRobert Bortuzzo: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 16:04LAKKyle Clifford: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 16:04STLRobert Bortuzzo: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 3:03STLJoel Edmundson: Interference2 min · PPG
  14. P3 8:47LAKLuke Schenn: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 8:53LAKJake Muzzin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  16. P3 10:54STLKevin Shattenkirk: 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 SOG0STL
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Steen won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSTL
35Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.0
66Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won36
6Power plays6
16Penalty minutes16
42Hits30
12Blocked shots14
6Giveaways3
9Takeaways7

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 – Toffoli7:21

    xG 0.56–0.07 (88%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff2:32

    xG 0.27–0.06 (83%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Lewis – Pearson2:49

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Lewis – King2:02

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcBain – Muzzin4:55

    xG 0.23–0.03 (89%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb9:30

    xG 0.54–0.35 (60%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty9:04

    xG 0.32–0.37 (47%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves4:49

    xG 0.14–0.11 (55%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz9:19

    xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Backes – Berglund10:48

    xG 0.20–0.39 (35%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  4. Brouwer – Stastny – Fabbri7:38

    xG 0.28–0.58 (33%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Parayko11:20

    xG 0.49–0.38 (56%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Edmundson9:42

    xG 0.25–0.46 (35%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Shattenkirk14:27

    xG 0.33–0.63 (34%)attempts 14–17goals 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.

STL 3.0 xGLAK 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #517 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 52% of the time.

STL winsLAK wins

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

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