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Mon, Mar 20, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 0, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 74% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0701909035
EDM21501006231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:04EDMPatrick MaroonGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:47EDMMilan LucicPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.48 xG0–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:30LAKJake Muzzin: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:44LAKJarome Iginla: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 18:44EDMPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 0:54EDMPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 0:54LAKJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:23LAKBrayden McNabb: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 17:23EDMEric Gryba: Holding2 min
  8. P3 1:19LAKPaul LaDue: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 17:06EDMZack Kassian: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
35Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals4.1
84Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
28Hits26
15Blocked shots35
11Giveaways21
4Takeaways13

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. bestBrown – Kopitar – Lewis7:27

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Lewis – Kempe2:11

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Nolan – Dowd3:57

    xG 0.06–0.05 (53%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Brown – Kopitar3:27

    xG 0.06–0.06 (52%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – LaDue12:21

    xG 0.36–0.14 (73%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez16:07

    xG 0.93–0.96 (49%)attempts 28–13goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty2:09

    xG 0.12–0.18 (40%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Draisaitl – McDavid9:55

    xG 0.82–0.38 (68%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

  2. Lucic – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins13:35

    xG 1.06–0.67 (61%)attempts 17–20goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Letestu – Caggiula4:38

    xG 0.08–0.08 (48%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Desharnais – Kassian10:05

    xG 0.16–0.49 (25%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom16:24

    xG 1.38–0.45 (75%)attempts 21–19goals 1–0

  2. Gryba – Nurse13:58

    xG 0.77–0.47 (62%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Russell12:45

    xG 0.36–0.81 (31%)attempts 9–28goals 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.

EDM 4.1 xGLAK 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 0/100 · #1229 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.46 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 74% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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