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Fri, Nov 16, 2018·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 50% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK010112010002232
CHI08012114010135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:29LAKTyler ToffoliUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:39CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Jonathan Toews, Gustav Forsling · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews stopped
  2. 2. LAK Ilya Kovalchuk scored
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  4. 4. LAK Anze Kopitar scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 8:10LAKMichael Amadio: Holding2 min
  2. P2 12:30LAKDrew Doughty: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 15:11LAKDustin Brown: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:46CHIJonathan Toews: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
32Shots on goal35
2.1Expected goals2.2
56Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won32
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
29Hits17
14Blocked shots12
7Giveaways8
10Takeaways6

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. bestHagelin – Kempe – Luff7:53

    xG 0.31–0.02 (94%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Carter – Toffoli12:40

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Thompson – Clifford – Amadio5:03

    xG 0.21–0.22 (49%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Hagelin – Kempe2:35

    xG 0.07–0.10 (43%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort20:21

    xG 0.67–0.47 (59%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez16:21

    xG 0.43–0.40 (52%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Fantenberg11:38

    xG 0.31–0.50 (39%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Schmaltz – DeBrincat4:02

    xG 0.27–0.09 (75%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Kruger – Hayden – Martinsen2:29

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Saad – Hayden5:17

    xG 0.17–0.04 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Kane – Saad6:19

    xG 0.36–0.27 (58%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Jokiharju7:38

    xG 0.47–0.09 (83%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Gustafsson – Forsling10:14

    xG 0.35–0.37 (48%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Jokiharju5:02

    xG 0.11–0.16 (40%)attempts 2–6goals 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.

CHI 2.2 xGLAK 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #802 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 50% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).