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Wed, Feb 7, 2018·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 2, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 63% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0321509227
LAK1615317528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:10LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:58LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:28EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:20EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Michael Cammalleri · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:33LAKPaul LaDuePPGWGAssists: Trevor Lewis, Kevin Gravel · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:17LAKAlex IafalloENAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.68 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:00LAKAnze KopitarENAssists: Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.53 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:43EDMMatt Benning: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:06EDMJujhar Khaira: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:06LAKChristian Folin: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 16:06EDMJujhar Khaira: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:02LAKKevin Gravel: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P2 5:30LAKDerek Forbort: Holding2 min
  7. P2 11:40LAKChristian Folin: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 13:03EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Interference2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMLAK
27Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals3.2
50Shot attempts68
37Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
28Hits15
24Blocked shots11
11Giveaways11
1Takeaways1

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Lucic – Khaira6:00

    xG 0.64–0.16 (80%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi9:56

    xG 0.64–0.43 (60%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Letestu – Kassian – Pakarinen6:26

    xG 0.09–0.04 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Draisaitl – McDavid5:02

    xG 0.02–0.06 (22%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlefbom – Benning13:29

    xG 0.74–0.34 (69%)attempts 9–18goals 0–2

  2. Russell – Nurse17:21

    xG 0.90–0.56 (62%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Davidson12:06

    xG 0.08–0.41 (17%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo8:51

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo3:26

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Andreoff – Brodzinski – Amadio7:02

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe2:34

    xG 0.07–0.05 (60%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort18:02

    xG 0.36–0.20 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – LaDue13:39

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Folin3:19

    xG 0.07–0.46 (13%)attempts 5–3goals 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 3.2 xGEDM 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #401 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 63% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

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

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