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Thu, Jan 26, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Los Angeles Kings 3, Carolina Hurricanes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0809312329
CAR070906022

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 15:17LAKMarian GaborikGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P3 15:55LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Devin Setoguchi, Brayden McNabb · Backhand, 0.25 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:36LAKKyle CliffordENAssists: Tanner Pearson, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.59 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:43CARKlas Dahlbeck: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 12:11LAKAnze Kopitar: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:11CARBrock McGinn: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:57LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:25LAKDevin Setoguchi: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:14LAKAndy Andreoff: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 11:47LAKAlec Martinez: 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 SOG0CAR
44% to win56% to win
← LAK attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Teravainen won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCAR
29Shots on goal22
3.6Expected goals2.4
52Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won29
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
37Hits30
18Blocked shots11
7Giveaways15
9Takeaways15

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. bestSetoguchi – Lewis – Andreoff7:52

    xG 0.61–0.06 (91%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar8:07

    xG 0.42–0.08 (83%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Clifford – Pearson8:57

    xG 0.36–0.21 (64%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. King – Nolan – Shore7:15

    xG 0.28–0.21 (58%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Gravel10:11

    xG 0.80–0.19 (81%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb2:19

    xG 0.24–0.03 (87%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty17:22

    xG 0.59–0.56 (51%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom7:22

    xG 0.15–0.29 (34%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Staal – McGinn – Lindholm11:55

    xG 0.25–0.42 (37%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Rask – Ryan9:49

    xG 0.31–0.67 (32%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Teravainen – Aho12:20

    xG 0.33–0.87 (28%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce17:02

    xG 1.01–0.48 (68%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – Hanifin2:05

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Hanifin9:56

    xG 0.39–0.48 (45%)attempts 11–10goals 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.

CAR 2.4 xGLAK 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1074 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 69% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).