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Tue, Oct 22, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Los Angeles Kings 3, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK12111119341
WPG15112011228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32LAKAustin WagnerAssists: Kyle Clifford, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:07WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Bryan Little, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:16LAKKurtis MacDermidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:28WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Neal Pionk, Ville Heinola · Deflected, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:52LAKAnze KopitarPPGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Jonathan Quick · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:21WPGVille Heinola: Holding2 min
  2. P1 5:07WPGKyle Connor: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 19:28LAKAlec Martinez: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:06LAKKurtis MacDermid: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:03LAKTrevor Lewis: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 16:50LAKMichael Amadio: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:13WPGCarl Dahlstrom: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 15:34WPGNeal Pionk: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:02LAKJeff Carter: 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 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKWPG
41Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals2.4
65Shot attempts60
37Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
12Hits26
15Blocked shots13
11Giveaways16
8Takeaways4

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. bestClifford – Amadio – Wagner3:20

    xG 0.42–0.07 (85%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo8:30

    xG 0.37–0.13 (75%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Toffoli – Lizotte5:44

    xG 0.07–0.19 (27%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Kovalchuk – Lewis – Kempe6:19

    xG 0.02–0.20 (8%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Walker14:03

    xG 0.88–0.49 (64%)attempts 13–21goals 2–0

  2. Doughty – Hutton13:52

    xG 0.46–0.34 (58%)attempts 16–9goals 0–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Little – Connor5:20

    xG 0.14–0.03 (83%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Perreault – Bourque – Gustafsson5:40

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Copp – Roslovic6:45

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Ehlers – Laine5:39

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bitetto – Dahlstrom10:07

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Pionk – Heinola12:07

    xG 0.23–0.64 (27%)attempts 12–16goals 2–0

  3. Kulikov – Morrissey16:04

    xG 0.35–0.87 (28%)attempts 16–20goals 0–1

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.

WPG 2.4 xGLAK 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #468 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

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

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