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Sat, Oct 5, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 5, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 56% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK38011213532
EDM21011437631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:53EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Oscar Klefbom · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:13LAKDustin BrownAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:05LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:23EDMJames NealPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.45 xG2–2
  5. P1 14:49LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Dustin Brown, Ben Hutton · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P2 4:51EDMZack KassianAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.29 xG3–3
  7. P3 3:26LAKMichael AmadioAssists: Kyle Clifford, Trevor Lewis · Slap, 0.16 xG4–3
  8. P3 5:24EDMJoakim NygardAssists: Gaetan Haas · Backhand, 0.17 xG4–4
  9. P3 8:19LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.06 xG5–4
  10. P3 10:10EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Tomas Jurco · Wrist, 0.11 xG5–5
  11. P3 13:28EDMJames NealPPGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Backhand, 0.22 xG5–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:04LAKDrew Doughty: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 9:28LAKJeff Carter: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:51LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  4. P2 5:31EDMMatt Benning: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 16:57LAKAnze Kopitar: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 4:07EDMConnor McDavid: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:22LAKDustin Brown: Interference2 min
  8. P3 5:47EDMEthan Bear: Holding2 min
  9. P3 7:14EDMJoel Persson: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  10. P3 12:37LAKSean Walker: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. P3 19:14EDMJames Neal: Tripping2 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
32Shots on goal31
3.2Expected goals3.6
60Shot attempts51
30Faceoffs won28
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
33Hits26
12Blocked shots18
16Giveaways19
6Takeaways9

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. bestLewis – Clifford – Amadio6:29

    xG 0.52–0.12 (82%)attempts 10–2goals 2–0

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:04

    xG 0.71–0.59 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 2–1

  3. Kovalchuk – Carter – Kempe9:53

    xG 0.36–0.35 (50%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

  4. Toffoli – Wagner – Lizotte8:45

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Roy9:43

    xG 0.86–0.38 (70%)attempts 10–12goals 1–2

  2. Martinez – Doughty4:36

    xG 0.36–0.05 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Hutton – Walker14:14

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Draisaitl – McDavid12:01

    xG 0.95–0.63 (60%)attempts 12–8goals 2–2

  2. Khaira – Cave – Russell5:09

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  3. Jurco – Granlund – Haas8:05

    xG 0.16–0.38 (29%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  4. Neal – Nugent-Hopkins – Nygard10:32

    xG 0.16–0.41 (28%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Russell – Benning11:45

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Nurse – Bear14:46

    xG 0.66–0.73 (47%)attempts 10–13goals 1–2

  3. Klefbom – Persson12:48

    xG 0.48–0.82 (37%)attempts 14–14goals 1–2

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.

EDM 3.6 xGLAK 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #18 of 1082 this seasonSwing 3.19 · 11 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 56% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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