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Sat, Dec 9, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

LAK winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR090921402234
LAK07270512321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:27LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Anze Kopitar, Tanner Pearson · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:16LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Christian Folin · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:03CARVictor RaskPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Slap, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:38CARElias LindholmAssists: Derek Ryan, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:40LAKTanner PearsonGWGAssists: Jake Muzzin, Jonathan Quick · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:22LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 12:54CARHaydn Fleury: Holding2 min
  3. P3 5:12LAKDerek Forbort: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 12:26LAKTorrey Mitchell: Tripping2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARLAK
34Shots on goal21
3.1Expected goals1.9
68Shot attempts43
30Faceoffs won22
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
26Hits22
11Blocked shots20
6Giveaways7
3Takeaways2

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestRask – McGinn – Lindholm12:04

    xG 0.66–0.17 (79%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris7:34

    xG 0.20–0.09 (69%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Skinner – Ryan14:13

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Aho12:42

    xG 0.54–0.78 (41%)attempts 10–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce19:40

    xG 0.98–0.32 (75%)attempts 20–14goals 0–2

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hanifin14:49

    xG 0.56–0.38 (60%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Fleury14:44

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Toffoli – Pearson6:53

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  2. Brown – Shore – Iafallo3:52

    xG 0.12–0.13 (48%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Mitchell – Brodzinski7:16

    xG 0.41–0.43 (48%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Shore – Pearson2:31

    xG 0.02–0.06 (26%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty18:50

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

  2. Martinez – Forbort3:58

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Folin12:53

    xG 0.35–0.91 (28%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

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 1.9 xGCAR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #471 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

LAK winsCAR wins

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

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