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Tue, Jan 3, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Los Angeles Kings 2, San Jose Sharks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 54% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK0160811011235
SJS061701301127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:56SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Kevin Labanc, Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:03LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Jake Muzzin, Anze Kopitar · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:58LAKTanner PearsonGWGAssists: Jeff Carter · Snap, 0.35 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:35SJSBrent Burns: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:46LAKKyle Clifford: Interference2 min
  3. P2 13:18SJSBrent Burns: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:46LAKMarian Gaborik: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 1:48SJSJustin Braun: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 10:06LAKBrayden McNabb: High sticking2 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 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSJS
35Shots on goal27
2.3Expected goals2.1
65Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
31Hits28
14Blocked shots18
13Giveaways22
4Takeaways7

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. bestLewis – Clifford – Dowd2:52

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Lewis – Clifford5:05

    xG 0.09–0.04 (69%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Setoguchi – Pearson10:31

    xG 0.32–0.30 (52%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Brown – Dowd2:49

    xG 0.08–0.06 (55%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort20:22

    xG 0.63–0.56 (53%)attempts 21–17goals 0–0

  2. McNabb – Gravel8:58

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez16:52

    xG 0.38–0.74 (34%)attempts 21–14goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Donskoi – Labanc10:03

    xG 0.48–0.23 (67%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Ward – Tierney4:31

    xG 0.16–0.12 (56%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Boedker – Tierney – Meier5:51

    xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Meier5:29

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Burns17:01

    xG 0.63–0.36 (64%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Dillon14:13

    xG 0.50–0.47 (52%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Mueller11:23

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 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 2.1 xGLAK 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 46/100 · #610 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 54% 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).