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Tue, Feb 13, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Los Angeles Kings 3, Carolina Hurricanes 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 55% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK03214113330
CAR31821627741

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:40CARJaccob SlavinAssists: Jordan Staal, Brett Pesce · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:56CARJustin FaulkAssists: Justin Williams, Victor Rask · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:43CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen · Slap, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P2 1:17CARJustin FaulkPPGWGAssists: Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen · Slap, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P2 7:42CARJeff SkinnerPPAssists: Victor Rask, Justin Williams · Snap, 0.11 xG0–5
  6. P2 11:49LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Jake Muzzin, Tyler Toffoli · Slap, 0.04 xG1–5
  7. P2 17:05LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Tanner Pearson, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–5
  8. P3 6:43LAKTorrey MitchellAssists: Kyle Clifford, Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–5
  9. P3 14:15CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–6
  10. P3 16:32CARSebastian AhoAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–7
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:42LAKAdrian Kempe: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 5:25CARNoah Hanifin: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:39LAKTorrey Mitchell: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:30LAKDerek Forbort: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:59LAKAlex Iafallo: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:35CARJeff Skinner: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 12:32LAKDerek Forbort: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCAR
30Shots on goal41
2.9Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts66
26Faceoffs won29
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
32Hits26
14Blocked shots12
12Giveaways8
13Takeaways16

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Toffoli – Pearson5:40

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 7–4goals 1–1

  2. Gaborik – Kempe – Iafallo2:34

    xG 0.20–0.10 (68%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo2:51

    xG 0.10–0.04 (75%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  4. Andreoff – Shore – Amadio2:52

    xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – LaDue11:28

    xG 0.66–0.22 (75%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty8:20

    xG 0.58–0.26 (69%)attempts 12–5goals 1–2

  3. Muzzin – LaDue5:50

    xG 0.13–0.16 (46%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Rask – Teravainen6:43

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Rask – McGinn2:41

    xG 0.10–0.01 (93%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Nordstrom – Di Giuseppe – Ryan6:22

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Staal – McGinn – Lindholm8:16

    xG 0.32–0.48 (40%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Fleury16:53

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hanifin12:44

    xG 1.00–1.13 (47%)attempts 18–15goals 1–1

  3. Slavin – Pesce15:47

    xG 0.41–0.73 (36%)attempts 14–15goals 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.

CAR 3.2 xGLAK 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #214 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 55% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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