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Mon, Mar 18, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Winnipeg Jets 3, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 58% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG26112010328
LAK181702217

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:32WPGKevin HayesAssists: Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:37WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Jacob Trouba, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:53LAKSean WalkerAssists: Brendan Leipsic, Ilya Kovalchuk · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:21LAKDustin BrownPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:50WPGTyler MyersGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:54LAKKurtis MacDermid: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 9:22WPGSami Niku: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:37WPGPatrik Laine: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:37LAKBrendan Leipsic: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:37WPGNathan Beaulieu: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 2:48LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 2:48WPGNathan Beaulieu: Fighting5 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 goal17
3.0Expected goals2.6
48Shot attempts53
29Faceoffs won21
1Power plays2
11Penalty minutes9
22Hits28
17Blocked shots5
8Giveaways10
7Takeaways8

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. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Laine12:49

    xG 0.52–0.14 (78%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Perreault – Copp8:29

    xG 0.42–0.08 (83%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Little – Lowry – Tanev11:53

    xG 0.11–0.22 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  4. Hayes – Ehlers – Connor14:18

    xG 0.72–1.07 (40%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Niku13:56

    xG 0.95–0.35 (73%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Chiarot – Trouba3:02

    xG 0.35–0.13 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Kulikov18:51

    xG 0.68–0.52 (57%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom8:39

    xG 0.73–0.22 (76%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Wagner5:38

    xG 0.29–0.16 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Carter – Leipsic5:36

    xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo12:13

    xG 0.19–0.38 (33%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Roy18:41

    xG 0.97–0.86 (53%)attempts 20–13goals 0–1

  2. Doughty – Walker3:06

    xG 0.10–0.11 (47%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Forbort18:27

    xG 0.30–0.46 (39%)attempts 8–10goals 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 2.6 xGWPG 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 61/100 · #484 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 58% 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).