Mon, Jan 7, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose
Los Angeles Kings 1, San Jose Sharks 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 73% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAK | 07 | 110 | 06 | 123 |
| SJS | 112 | 110 | 17 | 329 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 17:43SJSJoonas DonskoiAssists: Evander Kane, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
- P2 3:42LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Dustin Brown, Ilya Kovalchuk · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–1
- P2 9:09SJSTomas HertlGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Martin Jones · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–2
- P3 19:39SJSJoe ThorntonENAssists: Erik Karlsson, Timo Meier · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–3
Penalties (3)
- P1 10:17LAKJake Muzzin: Tripping2 min
- P2 17:18LAKCarl Hagelin: Roughing2 min
- P3 17:40LAKBrendan Leipsic: Too many men on the ice2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Kopitar
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestThompson – Clifford – Wagner6:13
xG 0.78–0.06 (93%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0
- Hagelin – Toffoli – Kempe9:03
xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0
- Carter – Leipsic – Iafallo13:46
xG 0.21–0.31 (41%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0
- Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar16:14
xG 0.44–0.94 (32%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1
Defence pairs
- bestPhaneuf – Fantenberg11:59
xG 0.47–0.07 (88%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0
- Doughty – Forbort20:16
xG 0.52–0.25 (67%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0
- Muzzin – Doughty2:47
xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- bestKane – Donskoi – Hertl13:37
xG 0.87–0.24 (78%)attempts 14–4goals 2–1
- Couture – Meier – Radil11:32
xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0
- Thornton – Pavelski – Sorensen13:21
xG 0.28–0.35 (44%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0
- Goodrow – Karlsson – Labanc5:34
xG 0.02–0.69 (2%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestKarlsson – Dillon20:31
xG 1.04–0.48 (68%)attempts 17–15goals 2–1
- Burns – Karlsson2:03
xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
- Heed – Ryan10:20
xG 0.13–0.13 (50%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
SJS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SJS is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 73% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (SJS − LAK), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).