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Thu, Nov 7, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Los Angeles Kings 2, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 80% of the time.

OTT winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK091611102228
OTT091151613333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:51LAKDustin BrownAssists: Anze Kopitar · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:23OTTAnthony DuclairAssists: Nikita Zaitsev, Brady Tkachuk · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:50OTTArtem AnisimovAssists: Tyler Ennis, Filip Chlapik · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:52LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Matt Roy, Ilya Kovalchuk · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:12OTTJean-Gabriel PageauGWGAssists: Nick Paul · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:49OTTChris Tierney: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:15OTTFilip Chlapik: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:42LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:15LAKIlya Kovalchuk: Interference2 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 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKOTT
28Shots on goal33
1.9Expected goals3.8
51Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
33Hits30
18Blocked shots10
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways4

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. bestCarter – Brown – Kopitar3:36

    xG 0.50–0.13 (80%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Kopitar – Toffoli7:51

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Wagner – Lizotte3:28

    xG 0.05–0.09 (36%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kempe – Iafallo7:59

    xG 0.12–0.52 (19%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Martinez – Doughty17:18

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  2. Hutton – Walker13:05

    xG 0.33–0.73 (31%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Duclair – Tkachuk11:37

    xG 0.69–0.20 (78%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Chlapik – Beaudin – Davidsson3:42

    xG 0.25–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Ennis – Namestnikov10:55

    xG 0.40–0.25 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Pageau – Brown – Paul13:44

    xG 0.43–0.43 (50%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev18:42

    xG 1.01–0.71 (59%)attempts 19–15goals 2–1

  2. Hainsey – Brannstrom8:17

    xG 0.50–0.23 (69%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – DeMelo13:22

    xG 0.53–0.27 (66%)attempts 14–12goals 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.

OTT 3.8 xGLAK 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #163 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.29 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 80% of the time.

OTT winsLAK wins

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

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