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Thu, Feb 21, 2019·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Los Angeles Kings 1, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 60% of the time.

NSH winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK01007112129
NSH11011306229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:50NSHKyle TurrisPPAssists: Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:46NSHRoman JosiGWGAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Ryan Ellis · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:24LAKMichael AmadioAssists: Austin Wagner, Dion Phaneuf · Slap, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:47LAKDrew Doughty: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:54NSHFilip Forsberg: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:21LAKDion Phaneuf: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:21NSHBrian Boyle: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:58LAKTyler Toffoli: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 15:02NSHMattias Ekholm: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 3:26LAKOscar Fantenberg: Holding2 min
  8. P3 9:59NSHKyle Turris: Hooking2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKNSH
29Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals3.0
56Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
23Hits16
12Blocked shots13
14Giveaways16
4Takeaways11

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 – Iafallo11:12

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Carter – Lewis2:58

    xG 0.07–0.02 (78%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Toffoli – Leipsic – Kempe2:36

    xG 0.10–0.11 (47%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Leipsic – Kempe8:32

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – Doughty2:33

    xG 0.09–0.10 (48%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Roy – Fantenberg11:44

    xG 0.30–0.32 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Phaneuf – Walker10:10

    xG 0.41–0.61 (40%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestMcLeod – Grimaldi – Sissons3:47

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  2. Turris – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson7:56

    xG 0.40–0.23 (64%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Johansen – Forsberg – Fiala10:57

    xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Bonino – Hartman6:53

    xG 0.10–0.35 (21%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Irwin7:46

    xG 0.61–0.03 (95%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Ekholm3:04

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Ellis15:35

    xG 0.64–0.50 (56%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

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.

NSH 3.0 xGLAK 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1111 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 60% of the time.

NSH winsLAK wins

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

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