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Sat, Apr 9, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Winnipeg Jets 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG0721318031431
LAK2131906010329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:18LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Jeff Carter, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:29LAKTanner PearsonAssists: Milan Lucic, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:05LAKAndy AndreoffUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:06WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Nic Petan, Joel Armia · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:19WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Blake Wheeler, Alexander Burmistrov · Slap, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:21WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  2. 2. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
  3. 3. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  4. 4. WPG Mark Scheifele scored
  5. 5. LAK Tyler Toffoli stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:51LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:34LAKJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min
  3. OT 1:02LAKJake Muzzin: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGLAK
31Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won40
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
27Hits29
15Blocked shots12
12Giveaways13
3Takeaways3

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Copp – Petan8:24

    xG 0.71–0.21 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers16:13

    xG 0.56–0.63 (47%)attempts 16–17goals 1–1

  3. Stafford – Burmistrov – Dano11:34

    xG 0.25–0.45 (36%)attempts 4–11goals 0–2

  4. Thorburn – Lowry – Tanev11:44

    xG 0.40–0.87 (32%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Trouba19:07

    xG 1.03–0.52 (66%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  2. Postma – Melchiori12:16

    xG 0.36–0.60 (37%)attempts 3–16goals 0–1

  3. Byfuglien – Chiarot21:41

    xG 0.43–1.92 (18%)attempts 17–29goals 1–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Lucic – Pearson12:13

    xG 1.15–0.30 (79%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  2. Carter – Brown – Toffoli12:59

    xG 0.96–0.56 (63%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  3. Versteeg – Clifford – Andreoff6:29

    xG 0.25–0.06 (81%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  4. Lecavalier – Lewis – King9:21

    xG 0.46–0.42 (52%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Schenn19:36

    xG 1.47–0.22 (87%)attempts 31–8goals 3–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb17:06

    xG 1.23–0.98 (56%)attempts 17–20goals 0–2

  3. Scuderi – Doughty2:40

    xG 0.12–0.23 (34%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

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 3.5 xGWPG 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 83/100 · #203 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50LAK 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 61% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).