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Thu, Mar 2, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR1719011040231
LAK07010214041335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:04TORTyler BozakAssists: Mitch Marner, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:20TORNikita ZaitsevAssists: Brian Boyle · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:27LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Jake Muzzin · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:57LAKTanner PearsonAssists: Alec Martinez, Tyler Toffoli · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  2. 2. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  3. 3. LAK Tanner Pearson stopped
  4. 4. TOR Mitch Marner stopped
  5. 5. LAK Anze Kopitar scored
  6. 6. TOR William Nylander stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:21TORRoman Polak: Holding2 min
  2. P2 2:33TORTyler Bozak: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:26LAKBrayden McNabb: Interference2 min
  4. P2 19:32TORMitch Marner: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORLAK
31Shots on goal35
3.7Expected goals4.0
61Shot attempts66
38Faceoffs won32
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
25Hits36
14Blocked shots14
8Giveaways12
2Takeaways2

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Kadri – Brown11:41

    xG 0.60–0.37 (62%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  2. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews14:04

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Martin – Soshnikov6:59

    xG 0.16–0.60 (21%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner12:02

    xG 0.62–1.57 (28%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Hunwick12:22

    xG 0.70–0.56 (55%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev16:49

    xG 0.85–0.99 (46%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

  3. Marchenko – Rielly17:59

    xG 0.22–1.74 (11%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Lewis – Shore7:15

    xG 0.88–0.27 (77%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Clifford – Dowd – Kempe6:43

    xG 0.69–0.09 (88%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Gaborik – Carter2:07

    xG 0.49–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Lewis – Dowd2:03

    xG 0.10–0.01 (93%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort19:47

    xG 0.87–0.29 (75%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – LaDue13:42

    xG 1.16–0.71 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 0–2

  3. Muzzin – Martinez2:27

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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 4.0 xGTOR 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 63/100 · #403 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 56% of the time.

LAK winsTOR wins

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

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