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Tue, Dec 18, 2018·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Winnipeg Jets 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0111908128
LAK11021219431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:00LAKAustin WagnerAssists: Daniel Brickley · Tip-in, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:52WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Bryan Little, Josh Morrissey · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:08LAKAlex IafalloGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:08LAKAustin WagnerAssists: Matt Luff · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:55LAKNate ThompsonENAssists: Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.68 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:02LAKJake Muzzin: Charging2 min
  2. P1 17:20WPGJosh Morrissey: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:59WPGConnor Hellebuyck: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:42LAKAdrian Kempe: Interference2 min
  5. P2 18:58WPGBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:26LAKAdrian Kempe: Too many men on the ice2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGLAK
28Shots on goal31
2.3Expected goals3.4
57Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits10
8Blocked shots18
8Giveaways17
4Takeaways4

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLemieux – Roslovic – Appleton5:58

    xG 0.21–0.03 (87%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev9:27

    xG 0.40–0.36 (52%)attempts 12–11goals 0–2

  3. Little – Connor – Laine10:28

    xG 0.52–0.48 (52%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:44

    xG 0.49–0.78 (38%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Kulikov11:01

    xG 0.67–0.22 (75%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Trouba – Morrissey16:59

    xG 0.99–0.98 (50%)attempts 20–22goals 1–1

  3. Byfuglien – Chiarot14:31

    xG 0.22–0.53 (30%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo11:45

    xG 0.66–0.51 (56%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Leipsic – Scherbak3:39

    xG 0.18–0.06 (77%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Amadio – Luff3:08

    xG 0.06–0.11 (36%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Leipsic – Amadio2:20

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort18:22

    xG 0.53–0.43 (55%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Walker13:06

    xG 0.73–0.70 (51%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Fantenberg – Brickley12:03

    xG 0.48–0.75 (39%)attempts 10–16goals 2–1

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 3.4 xGWPG 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #865 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 69% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

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

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