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Mon, Jan 16, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 64% of the time.

LAK winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL11311105229
LAK11209011132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:33LAKKyle CliffordUnassisted · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:33TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Luke Witkowski · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:47TBLBrian BoyleGWGAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:19LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:19TBLLuke Witkowski: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 1:47LAKDerek Forbort: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 9:51TBLCedric Paquette: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 4:09TBLLuke Witkowski: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 3:49TBLJason Garrison: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 14:38LAKNic Dowd: Slashing2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLLAK
29Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.9
58Shot attempts70
29Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
41Hits34
20Blocked shots11
13Giveaways16
4Takeaways4

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Kucherov – Namestnikov9:30

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Boyle – Drouin9:07

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Drouin2:59

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. Dumont – Bournival – Paquette7:58

    xG 0.66–0.73 (48%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Nesterov16:01

    xG 1.36–0.58 (70%)attempts 22–11goals 1–1

  2. Coburn – Witkowski8:19

    xG 0.37–0.46 (45%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Garrison – Sustr12:59

    xG 0.54–0.69 (44%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Lewis – Dowd6:55

    xG 0.77–0.08 (90%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Brown – Pearson10:27

    xG 0.56–0.49 (53%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  3. Gaborik – Lewis – Andreoff2:38

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. King – Nolan – Shore2:34

    xG 0.06–0.12 (34%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Gravel7:03

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort18:59

    xG 1.23–1.18 (51%)attempts 24–22goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty2:28

    xG 0.01–0.04 (21%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

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 3.9 xGTBL 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #939 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 64% of the time.

LAK winsTBL wins

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

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