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Mon, Feb 25, 2019·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Los Angeles Kings 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 69% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK01009313012333
TBL26014111033434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:05TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:08TBLAnthony CirelliAssists: Braydon Coburn, Yanni Gourde · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:20LAKAlex IafalloAssists: Austin Wagner · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:30LAKJonny BrodzinskiAssists: Brendan Leipsic · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:06LAKAustin WagnerAssists: Trevor Lewis, Sean Walker · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:04TBLJ.T. MillerAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Steven Stamkos scored
  2. 2. LAK Ilya Kovalchuk scored
  3. 3. TBL Brayden Point stopped
  4. 4. LAK Anze Kopitar scored
  5. 5. TBL Nikita Kucherov scored
  6. 6. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  7. 7. TBL Victor Hedman scored
  8. 8. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:55LAKDion Phaneuf: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:26TBLErik Cernak: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 14:13TBLJ.T. Miller: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 16:39LAKKyle Clifford: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 3:47LAKAnze Kopitar: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 11:23TBLErik Cernak: Interference2 min
  7. P3 1:32TBLJ.T. Miller: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 14:18LAKDustin Brown: High sticking2 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 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTBL
33Shots on goal34
2.1Expected goals3.3
54Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won44
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
26Hits18
9Blocked shots12
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways10

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. Leipsic – Brodzinski – Kempe7:35

    xG 0.16–0.21 (43%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  2. Kovalchuk – Carter – Toffoli9:05

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Lewis – Clifford – Wagner6:19

    xG 0.31–0.40 (44%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo9:43

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Roy9:16

    xG 0.65–0.43 (60%)attempts 17–11goals 2–2

  2. LaDue – Walker15:05

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Forbort16:02

    xG 0.37–0.41 (47%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Palat – Miller12:28

    xG 0.64–0.26 (71%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Kucherov – Point13:28

    xG 0.45–0.33 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Paquette – Erne – Joseph4:50

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Killorn – Gourde – Cirelli8:44

    xG 0.22–0.44 (33%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Stralman13:27

    xG 0.58–0.38 (60%)attempts 14–10goals 1–2

  2. McDonagh – Cernak16:12

    xG 0.60–0.43 (58%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – Hedman11:51

    xG 0.49–0.48 (50%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

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.

TBL 3.3 xGLAK 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #135 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.33 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 69% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

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

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