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Sun, Oct 27, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 56% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK011012116139
CHI1123816526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:33CHIDylan StromeAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Slater Koekkoek · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:26CHIDavid KampfGWGAssists: Alex Nylander, Dominik Kubalik · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:55CHIDylan StromeAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:02CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Dylan Strome, Ryan Carpenter · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 3:35LAKSean WalkerAssists: Alex Iafallo, Austin Wagner · Slap, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:53CHIDrake CaggiulaAssists: Slater Koekkoek, Patrick Kane · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:36LAKBlake Lizotte: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:56CHICalvin de Haan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 12:14LAKIlya Kovalchuk: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:24CHIAndrew Shaw: Holding2 min
  5. P3 12:18CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 14:34LAKKyle Clifford: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 14:34CHISlater Koekkoek: Roughing2 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 SOG0CHI
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
39Shots on goal26
3.3Expected goals3.0
63Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
35Hits45
9Blocked shots20
13Giveaways14
12Takeaways15

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. bestKovalchuk – Lewis – Kempe5:42

    xG 0.75–0.24 (75%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Clifford – Toffoli – Lizotte2:47

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Prokhorkin – Wagner6:11

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Brown – Prokhorkin3:48

    xG 0.11–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRyan – Roy14:40

    xG 1.45–0.56 (72%)attempts 21–9goals 0–2

  2. Martinez – Walker14:07

    xG 0.50–0.34 (60%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Hutton15:23

    xG 0.37–1.06 (26%)attempts 11–12goals 0–3

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestCarpenter – Strome – DeBrincat8:48

    xG 0.61–0.10 (86%)attempts 8–8goals 3–0

  2. Kubalik – Nylander – Kampf9:02

    xG 0.48–0.23 (68%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Toews – Kane – Caggiula11:18

    xG 0.57–0.73 (44%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

  4. Shaw – Saad – Dach8:55

    xG 0.20–0.52 (27%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Maatta – Koekkoek13:58

    xG 0.48–0.53 (48%)attempts 9–11goals 3–0

  2. Gustafsson – Gilbert13:18

    xG 0.62–0.78 (44%)attempts 9–17goals 1–1

  3. Keith – de Haan16:53

    xG 0.60–0.90 (40%)attempts 13–17goals 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.

CHI 3.0 xGLAK 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #948 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 56% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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