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Thu, Jan 18, 2018·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 67% of the time.

LAK winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT13014214331
LAK01118010129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:43PITPatric HornqvistAssists: Carl Hagelin · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:10LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:26PITEvgeni MalkinGWGAssists: Olli Maatta, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:21PITPatric HornqvistPPAssists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:50PITJamie Oleksiak: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:59LAKMarian Gaborik: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 3:52PITBrian Dumoulin: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 1:50PITEvgeni Malkin: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 1:50LAKChristian Folin: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 6:41LAKDustin Brown: Boarding5 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:41LAKDustin Brown: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P3 15:52LAKTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 17:53LAKAnze Kopitar: Slashing2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITLAK
31Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals3.1
51Shot attempts60
28Faceoffs won27
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes23
24Hits31
14Blocked shots10
10Giveaways4
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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestMalkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin10:15

    xG 0.68–0.27 (71%)attempts 16–7goals 2–0

  2. Crosby – Sheary – Simon10:03

    xG 0.49–0.27 (64%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  3. Reaves – Kuhnhackl – Dea2:45

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Sheahan – Guentzel7:48

    xG 0.28–0.61 (32%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Maatta13:21

    xG 0.94–0.17 (84%)attempts 19–9goals 2–0

  2. Hunwick – Oleksiak11:31

    xG 0.20–0.56 (26%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Dumoulin13:10

    xG 0.27–1.12 (19%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Kempe10:17

    xG 0.40–0.06 (86%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Gaborik – Shore – Iafallo8:07

    xG 0.33–0.08 (81%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Brodzinski – Amadio5:39

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Toffoli – Pearson9:16

    xG 0.48–0.60 (44%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort17:36

    xG 0.79–0.33 (71%)attempts 21–12goals 0–1

  2. Gravel – Folin7:57

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez12:05

    xG 0.62–0.64 (49%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

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 xGPIT 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #833 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 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 67% of the time.

LAK winsPIT wins

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

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