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Wed, Nov 22, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Winnipeg Jets 2, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 51% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1911008227
LAK011016112139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:52WPGAdam LowryAssists: Andrew Copp, Steve Mason · Backhand, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:01WPGPatrik LainePPGWGAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:26LAKTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Oscar Fantenberg, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:06WPGJacob Trouba: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:24LAKTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:01WPGBen Chiarot: Interference2 min
  4. P2 12:57LAKAdrian Kempe: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:54LAKDustin Brown: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:09WPGBrandon Tanev: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:31WPGBryan Little: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:20WPGBlake Wheeler: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 19:30LAKAnze Kopitar: 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
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGLAK
27Shots on goal39
3.1Expected goals3.1
64Shot attempts69
34Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
36Hits22
16Blocked shots16
9Giveaways14
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. bestLowry – Copp – Tanev7:33

    xG 0.40–0.03 (94%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor14:36

    xG 1.10–0.91 (55%)attempts 16–20goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Perreault – Armia3:26

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Little – Ehlers – Laine9:27

    xG 0.35–0.28 (56%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Morrissey11:19

    xG 0.78–0.42 (65%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Trouba7:51

    xG 0.47–0.20 (70%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Kulikov12:08

    xG 0.58–0.35 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo3:09

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe4:32

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  3. Lewis – Andreoff – Shore3:19

    xG 0.06–0.01 (80%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Shore – Brodzinski3:04

    xG 0.04–0.01 (72%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty4:15

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Fantenberg3:21

    xG 0.06–0.04 (61%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

  3. Martinez – Forbort2:51

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 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 3.1 xGWPG 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #844 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 51% 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).