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Sat, Mar 30, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI0911411002235
LAK014161613329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:38CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Patrick Kane, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:05LAKAustin WagnerAssists: Jeff Carter, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:09CHIErik GustafssonAssists: Duncan Keith, Marcus Kruger · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:45LAKMichael AmadioAssists: Kyle Clifford, Trevor Lewis · Snap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:48LAKDrew DoughtyPPGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Tyler Toffoli · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:25CHIMarcus Kruger: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:49LAKKyle Clifford: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 18:06CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:25LAKTrevor Lewis: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:16LAKJeff Carter: Slashing2 min
  6. OT 4:29CHIJonathan Toews: Holding2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHILAK
35Shots on goal29
3.5Expected goals3.3
67Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits21
10Blocked shots12
4Giveaways14
2Takeaways6

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKunitz – Kane – Kruger2:34

    xG 0.21–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – DeBrincat14:19

    xG 0.90–0.72 (56%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  3. Strome – Caggiula – Kahun9:37

    xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Saad – Sikura12:18

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Gustafsson16:42

    xG 0.95–0.64 (60%)attempts 19–13goals 2–1

  2. Murphy – Dahlstrom16:10

    xG 0.64–0.87 (43%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  3. Seabrook – Forsling11:18

    xG 0.49–0.84 (37%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo10:32

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  2. Carter – Lewis – Clifford12:07

    xG 0.49–0.32 (60%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Brodzinski – Amadio – Wagner2:46

    xG 0.25–0.38 (40%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom7:20

    xG 0.04–0.57 (6%)attempts 2–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort19:56

    xG 1.16–0.70 (62%)attempts 16–17goals 0–1

  2. Martinez – Roy16:21

    xG 0.81–0.97 (45%)attempts 11–18goals 2–1

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.

LAK 3.3 xGCHI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 73/100 · #350 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsCHI wins

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

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