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Sat, Nov 2, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Los Angeles Kings 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 78% of the time.

LAK winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI212081403327
LAK21701811014449

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:50LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Blake Lizotte · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:29LAKMatt RoyAssists: Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:25CHIDominik KubalikPPAssists: Kirby Dach, Alex Nylander · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:23CHIDavid KampfUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:37LAKMichael AmadioAssists: Dustin Brown, Kurtis MacDermid · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:21CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:43LAKDrew DoughtyGWGAssists: Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.40 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:03CHISlater Koekkoek: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 8:08LAKAdrian Kempe: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:42CHICalvin de Haan: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:50CHIRyan Carpenter: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:18CHIOlli Maatta: Hooking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
45% to win55% to win
← CHI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHILAK
27Shots on goal49
2.8Expected goals4.8
47Shot attempts79
28Faceoffs won37
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
17Hits16
16Blocked shots9
16Giveaways9
5Takeaways8

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. bestToews – Saad – Nylander11:53

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Kubalik – Kampf7:59

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

  3. Carpenter – Strome – DeBrincat5:40

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Kubalik – Carpenter – Kampf2:48

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Maatta – Koekkoek11:00

    xG 0.22–0.23 (48%)attempts 4–13goals 0–2

  2. Seabrook – de Haan13:21

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Boqvist11:15

    xG 0.73–0.77 (49%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Kopitar – Grundstrom12:21

    xG 0.83–0.14 (86%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Toffoli – Lizotte5:20

    xG 0.28–0.19 (60%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Clifford – Amadio6:58

    xG 0.15–0.07 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kempe – Iafallo7:09

    xG 0.17–0.25 (41%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Walker16:51

    xG 1.23–0.50 (71%)attempts 25–14goals 1–1

  2. Martinez – Doughty18:46

    xG 0.72–1.01 (42%)attempts 16–15goals 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 4.8 xGCHI 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 90/100 · #114 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.27 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 78% of the time.

LAK winsCHI wins

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

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