Thu, Dec 29, 2016·Rogers Place, Edmonton
Los Angeles Kings 1, Edmonton Oilers 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 81% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAK | 08 | 010 | 111 | 129 |
| EDM | 09 | 113 | 213 | 335 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 2:32EDMPatrick MaroonPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Matt Benning · Wrap-around, 0.16 xG0–1
- P3 3:05LAKNicholas ShoreUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
- P3 6:58EDMEric GrybaGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–2
- P3 19:46EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsENAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.63 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
- P1 13:16EDMZack Kassian: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
- P1 14:32LAKJake Muzzin: Tripping2 min
- P1 19:02EDMBrandon Davidson: Interference2 min
- P2 2:13LAKJake Muzzin: Hooking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Kopitar
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- Lewis – Clifford – Dowd12:18
xG 0.22–0.25 (47%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0
- Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar12:47
xG 0.35–0.49 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0
- King – Nolan – Shore10:42
xG 0.17–0.42 (29%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0
- Carter – Setoguchi – Pearson12:02
xG 0.50–0.97 (34%)attempts 11–21goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestDoughty – McNabb3:52
xG 0.27–0.08 (78%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0
- McNabb – Gravel10:49
xG 0.20–0.41 (33%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0
- Muzzin – Martinez16:17
xG 0.73–1.07 (41%)attempts 16–20goals 0–1
Edmonton Oilers
Forward lines
- bestLucic – Eberle – McDavid13:43
xG 1.14–0.66 (64%)attempts 22–14goals 1–0
- Pouliot – Puljujarvi – Caggiula10:59
xG 0.40–0.10 (80%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0
- Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl13:30
xG 0.64–0.39 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0
- Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian8:14
xG 0.08–0.24 (24%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestGryba – Davidson16:29
xG 1.10–0.65 (63%)attempts 26–14goals 1–0
- Larsson – Klefbom16:58
xG 0.49–0.17 (74%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1
- Russell – Benning16:46
xG 0.66–0.71 (48%)attempts 16–19goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 81% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (EDM − LAK), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).