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Thu, Mar 23, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Winnipeg Jets 2, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

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

LAK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG270806221
LAK16116314536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:54WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Brian Strait, Mark Scheifele · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:23LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Drew Doughty · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:41WPGPatrik LainePPAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Mathieu Perreault · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:06LAKJake MuzzinAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:01LAKMarian GaborikPPGWGAssists: Alec Martinez, Jake Muzzin · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:57LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Tyler Toffoli · Slap, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:22LAKTanner PearsonSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:09LAKKyle Clifford: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 13:09WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:30WPGAdam Lowry: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:30LAKNic Dowd: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 16:52LAKBen Bishop: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 16:58LAKDrew Doughty: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 7:50WPGAndrew Copp: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 1:02WPGJosh Morrissey: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 3:39WPGBryan Little: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 9:09LAKTrevor Lewis: Hooking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGLAK
21Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals3.3
45Shot attempts72
25Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
38Hits22
19Blocked shots12
5Giveaways12
4Takeaways3

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Perreault – Scheifele12:35

    xG 0.60–0.29 (68%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Lowry – Armia – Copp8:31

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Petan – Tanev6:28

    xG 0.16–0.29 (35%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Little – Ehlers – Laine12:57

    xG 0.25–0.40 (38%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Nogier9:54

    xG 0.43–0.39 (53%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  2. Melchiori – Morrissey2:15

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Melchiori16:47

    xG 0.37–0.41 (48%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestClifford – Nolan – Dowd8:10

    xG 0.41–0.14 (74%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Brown – Kopitar13:07

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Lewis – Kempe8:44

    xG 0.31–0.30 (50%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson12:00

    xG 0.24–0.28 (45%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez13:57

    xG 0.45–0.22 (67%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb2:09

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – LaDue14:25

    xG 0.57–0.65 (47%)attempts 19–9goals 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 3.3 xGWPG 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #507 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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.

LAK winsWPG wins

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

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