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Mon, Mar 13, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

St. Louis Blues 3, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

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

LAK winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0719210326
LAK08021110139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:37STLDavid PerronAssists: Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.45 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:10STLMagnus PaajarviPPGWGAssists: Patrik Berglund, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:05LAKDustin BrownAssists: Drew Doughty, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:53STLAlexander SteenENAssists: Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.64 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:07STLColton Parayko: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:52LAKMarian Gaborik: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:40STLPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 0:46LAKJeff Carter: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:13LAKMarian Gaborik: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 10:15STLAlex Pietrangelo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 12:49LAKDrew Doughty: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLLAK
26Shots on goal39
3.8Expected goals4.0
48Shot attempts86
36Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
28Hits31
23Blocked shots11
9Giveaways7
5Takeaways3

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Berglund – Perron9:58

    xG 0.91–0.31 (75%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  2. Stastny – Tarasenko – Schwartz15:09

    xG 0.86–0.47 (65%)attempts 18–18goals 0–0

  3. Paajarvi – Jaskin – Barbashev5:47

    xG 0.09–0.51 (15%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves9:34

    xG 0.37–1.20 (24%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Parayko12:13

    xG 0.66–0.50 (57%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo17:30

    xG 1.28–1.20 (52%)attempts 15–25goals 1–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo12:10

    xG 0.38–0.53 (42%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestClifford – Dowd – Andreoff8:21

    xG 0.53–0.21 (71%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson6:52

    xG 1.01–0.72 (58%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Lewis – Kempe6:49

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Kopitar – Lewis2:41

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – McNabb8:50

    xG 0.69–0.01 (98%)attempts 20–3goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort15:38

    xG 1.11–0.81 (58%)attempts 21–11goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez3:23

    xG 0.21–0.17 (56%)attempts 7–2goals 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 xGSTL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #997 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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.

LAK winsSTL wins

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

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