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Sat, Jan 5, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 0, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM030706016
LAK390915423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:15LAKKyle CliffordGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Derek Forbort · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:35LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:57LAKJeff CarterAssists: Brendan Leipsic, Jake Muzzin · Slap, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:15LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Dustin Brown, Ilya Kovalchuk · Snap, 0.07 xG0–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P2 9:09EDMAlex Chiasson: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 14:05LAKSean Walker: Interference2 min
  3. P2 18:52EDMAlexander Petrovic: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P3 5:38LAKJeff Carter: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 12:51LAKJake Muzzin: Interference2 min
  6. P3 16:17LAKBrendan Leipsic: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 16:17EDMMilan Lucic: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 16:17EDMMilan Lucic: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 16:17EDMMilan Lucic: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 16:43LAKTyler Toffoli: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 16:43EDMDarnell Nurse: 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.

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
16Shots on goal23
1.6Expected goals2.0
43Shot attempts39
22Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
20Penalty minutes10
25Hits11
8Blocked shots15
6Giveaways11
2Takeaways7

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. bestBrodziak – Spooner – Rattie4:46

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Draisaitl – McDavid5:07

    xG 0.11–0.02 (86%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Rieder – Nugent-Hopkins6:25

    xG 0.20–0.20 (50%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Lucic – Kassian2:41

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGravel – Jones12:29

    xG 0.31–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse15:23

    xG 0.52–0.45 (54%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Manning – Jones2:16

    xG 0.02–0.16 (12%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestHagelin – Toffoli – Kempe10:32

    xG 0.51–0.09 (85%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Leipsic – Iafallo11:09

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  3. Thompson – Clifford – Wagner7:05

    xG 0.27–0.12 (69%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar10:59

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 3–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Fantenberg11:52

    xG 0.71–0.37 (66%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  2. Muzzin – Walker14:18

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Forbort14:40

    xG 0.25–0.31 (44%)attempts 6–7goals 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 2.0 xGEDM 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1244 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.47 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 57% 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).