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Sat, Mar 26, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 4, Los Angeles Kings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 65% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM2130729429
LAK21231516633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:16LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Brayden McNabb, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P1 0:38EDMJordan EberleAssists: Jordan Oesterle · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:53EDMConnor McDavidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:20LAKJeff CarterAssists: Milan Lucic, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 3:11LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Milan Lucic · Snap, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:07LAKAndy AndreoffAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–4
  7. P2 17:26LAKTrevor LewisSHGWGAssists: Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Quick · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–5
  8. P3 9:22EDMPatrick MaroonPPAssists: Andrej Sekera, Lauri Korpikoski · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 16:50EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Connor McDavid, Adam Clendening · Tip-in, 0.22 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:27LAKJeff CarterENAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.66 xG4–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:06LAKBrayden McNabb: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:59LAKTyler Toffoli: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:00EDMMark Fayne: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:38LAKMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 9:38EDMPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 16:04LAKRob Scuderi: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:24LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 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.

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
29Shots on goal33
3.2Expected goals4.2
48Shot attempts61
32Faceoffs won26
4Power plays1
7Penalty minutes13
35Hits31
10Blocked shots11
9Giveaways13
1Takeaways3

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. bestMaroon – Eberle – McDavid10:35

    xG 1.06–0.44 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 3–0

  2. Hendricks – Cracknell – Kassian8:27

    xG 0.28–0.38 (42%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Yakupov – Draisaitl11:26

    xG 0.53–0.72 (42%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  4. Korpikoski – Letestu – Pakarinen9:12

    xG 0.01–0.68 (2%)attempts 1–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Sekera – Fayne12:21

    xG 0.88–0.91 (49%)attempts 16–14goals 0–3

  2. Clendening – Nurse14:58

    xG 0.55–0.67 (45%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Nurse2:57

    xG 0.17–0.40 (30%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Lucic – Toffoli9:59

    xG 1.31–0.56 (70%)attempts 18–8goals 2–1

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Pearson11:18

    xG 0.71–0.12 (86%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Dowd – Andreoff6:43

    xG 0.16–0.02 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Lewis – King8:10

    xG 0.02–0.97 (2%)attempts 3–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Schenn13:01

    xG 1.18–0.57 (67%)attempts 17–8goals 3–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb17:49

    xG 1.24–0.75 (62%)attempts 23–15goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez14:12

    xG 0.93–0.98 (49%)attempts 16–13goals 0–3

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 4.2 xGEDM 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 87/100 · #164 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 65% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

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

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