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Tue, Oct 25, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 71% of the time.

LAK winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ06290600221
LAK0111811011330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:31CBJBrandon SaadAssists: Nick Foligno, David Savard · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:40LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Tom Gilbert, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:51CBJCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Alexander Wennberg · Slap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:03LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Nicholas Shore, Dustin Brown · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:14LAKAlec MartinezGWGAssists: Tanner Pearson, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 14:31LAKDustin Brown: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 15:39CBJJosh Anderson: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
44% to win56% to win
← CBJ attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wennberg won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJLAK
21Shots on goal30
1.5Expected goals2.6
41Shot attempts64
24Faceoffs won29
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
32Hits33
20Blocked shots9
7Giveaways16
2Takeaways3

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Foligno – Saad – Wennberg13:01

    xG 0.30–0.40 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Gagner – Sedlak – Jenner10:22

    xG 0.22–0.33 (40%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Calvert – Atkinson12:23

    xG 0.25–0.48 (35%)attempts 7–19goals 0–2

  4. Hartnell – Karlsson – Anderson12:06

    xG 0.21–0.74 (22%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Werenski20:10

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Savard22:13

    xG 0.42–1.00 (29%)attempts 14–28goals 1–1

  3. Prout – Nutivaara11:51

    xG 0.26–0.88 (23%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Dowd – Andreoff12:47

    xG 0.53–0.21 (71%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Shore8:52

    xG 0.48–0.16 (75%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Carter – Setoguchi – Pearson12:30

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 22–12goals 0–1

  4. Kopitar – King – Toffoli15:24

    xG 0.42–0.40 (52%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Forbort12:39

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez18:39

    xG 0.82–0.60 (58%)attempts 25–14goals 0–1

  3. Doughty – McNabb18:37

    xG 0.48–0.29 (62%)attempts 18–10goals 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.

LAK 2.6 xGCBJ 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #493 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 71% of the time.

LAK winsCBJ wins

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

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