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Thu, Mar 24, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Los Angeles Kings 1, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 66% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK01411505134
WPG04110310424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:25LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Jeff Carter, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:20WPGAdam LowryAssists: Matt Halischuk, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:15WPGDustin ByfuglienGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:54WPGPaul PostmaAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:02WPGDrew StaffordENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:40WPGMark Scheifele: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 3:41LAKKyle Clifford: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 18:09LAKTanner Pearson: Holding2 min
  4. P2 2:26LAKDustin Brown: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 8:38WPGBen Chiarot: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:55WPGChris Thorburn: Roughing2 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 SOG0WPG
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKWPG
34Shots on goal24
2.9Expected goals2.0
76Shot attempts48
37Faceoffs won21
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits25
14Blocked shots25
5Giveaways14
2Takeaways7

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. bestLewis – Clifford – Andreoff9:46

    xG 0.56–0.06 (91%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Dowd – Toffoli – Pearson9:31

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Kopitar – Lucic12:17

    xG 0.66–0.60 (52%)attempts 17–12goals 0–2

  4. Brown – King – Shore9:37

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Schenn11:41

    xG 0.64–0.20 (76%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb17:43

    xG 0.72–0.34 (68%)attempts 25–15goals 0–1

  3. Muzzin – Martinez15:12

    xG 0.46–0.62 (43%)attempts 18–13goals 0–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Burmistrov – Armia11:03

    xG 0.23–0.10 (69%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Copp – Dano – Petan8:50

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Halischuk – Lowry9:10

    xG 0.31–0.50 (38%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers10:35

    xG 0.29–0.58 (33%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba13:24

    xG 0.59–0.36 (62%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot12:57

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Byfuglien2:47

    xG 0.00–0.36 (0%)attempts 0–11goals 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.

WPG 2.0 xGLAK 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #717 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 66% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).