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Wed, Oct 12, 2016·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Los Angeles Kings 1, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 82% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK170708122
SJS1150719231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:22LAKTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:05SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:20SJSBrent BurnsGWGAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Logan Couture · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:33SJSLogan Couture: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:29LAKMatt Greene: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:12LAKKyle Clifford: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 14:05SJSJoe Pavelski: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 14:05LAKJonathan Quick: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 19:49LAKJake Muzzin: Hooking2 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 SOG0SJS
44% to win56% to win
← LAK attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSJS
22Shots on goal31
1.5Expected goals3.4
58Shot attempts73
28Faceoffs won28
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
41Hits24
22Blocked shots21
14Giveaways19
7Takeaways15

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. bestClifford – Nolan – Andreoff9:54

    xG 0.42–0.36 (54%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Setoguchi – Kopitar14:03

    xG 0.34–0.67 (34%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

  3. Lewis – King – Shore11:28

    xG 0.19–0.68 (22%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Purcell – Toffoli11:13

    xG 0.31–1.17 (21%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Martinez – McNabb16:32

    xG 0.63–0.67 (49%)attempts 20–14goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Forbort12:43

    xG 0.24–0.70 (25%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty19:10

    xG 0.49–1.42 (26%)attempts 20–28goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Boedker – Donskoi10:12

    xG 0.92–0.36 (72%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Wingels – Nieto – Karlsson8:32

    xG 0.27–0.05 (84%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl12:21

    xG 0.55–0.34 (62%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Ward – Tierney12:44

    xG 0.62–0.41 (60%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun15:02

    xG 1.08–0.15 (88%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Dillon15:58

    xG 0.69–0.33 (68%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Burns15:54

    xG 0.72–0.73 (50%)attempts 14–26goals 1–0

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.

SJS 3.4 xGLAK 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1061 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 82% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

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

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