Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Nov 11, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Los Angeles Kings 1, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 72% of the time.

OTT winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK01411009133
OTT08010215233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:56LAKDwight KingAssists: Jeff Carter, Teddy Purcell · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:06OTTZack SmithAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:53OTTMark StoneGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.50 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:33OTTKyle Turris: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:01OTTZack Smith: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 7:34LAKJake Muzzin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:12LAKDustin Brown: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 16:36LAKTrevor Lewis: Tripping2 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 SOG0OTT
44% to win56% to win
← LAK attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Kelly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKOTT
33Shots on goal33
2.1Expected goals3.3
59Shot attempts70
31Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits22
21Blocked shots14
6Giveaways12
4Takeaways8

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. bestKopitar – Purcell – Pearson8:24

    xG 0.26–0.03 (88%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Shore6:15

    xG 0.10–0.22 (32%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Setoguchi – Dowd10:24

    xG 0.19–0.51 (28%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

  4. Carter – King – Toffoli10:48

    xG 0.15–0.92 (14%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Gravel10:10

    xG 0.50–0.42 (54%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort19:05

    xG 0.35–0.39 (47%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez14:49

    xG 0.26–1.52 (14%)attempts 10–21goals 1–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Stone – Pageau11:26

    xG 1.26–0.11 (92%)attempts 20–5goals 2–0

  2. Pyatt – Turris – Dzingel8:01

    xG 0.58–0.23 (72%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Kelly – Puempel4:34

    xG 0.03–0.03 (44%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Brassard – Hoffman13:04

    xG 0.31–0.37 (46%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Karlsson3:51

    xG 0.62–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Ceci13:02

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson18:47

    xG 0.57–0.42 (58%)attempts 14–16goals 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.

OTT 3.3 xGLAK 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #622 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.47 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 72% of the time.

OTT winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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