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Thu, Nov 29, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 80% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK21309010232
EDM212012110334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:21EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Drake Caggiula, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:33EDMAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Oscar Klefbom · Backhand, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:49LAKDustin BrownAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alex Iafallo · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:29LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:40EDMOscar KlefbomPPGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:26LAKDrew Doughty: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:00LAKAnze Kopitar: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:29EDMJujhar Khaira: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:12EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 9:59EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 16:58LAKAlex Iafallo: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackEDM 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.

LAKEDM
32Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals3.6
63Shot attempts69
32Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
27Hits35
18Blocked shots22
17Giveaways13
7Takeaways15

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. bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo16:08

    xG 0.58–0.45 (56%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Clifford – Toffoli10:21

    xG 0.45–0.50 (48%)attempts 20–10goals 0–1

  3. Thompson – Wagner – Rempal4:11

    xG 0.02–0.28 (7%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Kempe – Luff7:12

    xG 0.03–0.53 (5%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Doughty – Forbort18:22

    xG 0.59–0.81 (42%)attempts 21–16goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – LaDue10:05

    xG 0.09–0.51 (15%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez16:38

    xG 0.41–1.04 (28%)attempts 15–25goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Draisaitl – McDavid17:29

    xG 0.91–0.36 (72%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  2. Spooner – Khaira – Russell6:14

    xG 0.18–0.05 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi – Caggiula10:18

    xG 0.46–0.34 (58%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  4. Brodziak – Lucic – Kassian10:30

    xG 0.41–0.51 (45%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGravel – Benning11:22

    xG 0.75–0.01 (98%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Nurse15:58

    xG 0.86–0.32 (73%)attempts 21–18goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Klefbom18:27

    xG 0.61–0.88 (41%)attempts 19–24goals 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.

EDM 3.6 xGLAK 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #481 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 80% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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

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