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Fri, Nov 29, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Los Angeles Kings 1, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

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

SJS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK08013113134
SJS242909422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:26SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Marcus Sorensen, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:14SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Timo Meier · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:58SJSNoah GregorAssists: Brenden Dillon, Martin Jones · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:42SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P3 18:11LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Matt Luff · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:09LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:13SJSPatrick Marleau: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 6:17LAKKyle Clifford: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 12:54LAKKurtis MacDermid: 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 SOG0SJS
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSJS
34Shots on goal22
2.8Expected goals2.5
54Shot attempts49
26Faceoffs won22
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
20Hits23
16Blocked shots13
10Giveaways11
8Takeaways13

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. bestKempe – Wagner – Lizotte7:21

    xG 0.84–0.07 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Amadio9:40

    xG 0.86–0.35 (71%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo8:54

    xG 0.02–0.31 (5%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  4. Lewis – Clifford – Luff7:04

    xG 0.26–0.63 (29%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRyan – Roy17:39

    xG 1.63–0.77 (68%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Walker2:38

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  3. Hutton – Walker5:36

    xG 0.08–0.11 (44%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestKarlsson – Gregor – Suomela7:02

    xG 0.43–0.05 (89%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Couture – Kane – Goodrow11:29

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Marleau – Hertl – Meier9:45

    xG 0.36–0.40 (47%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc11:37

    xG 0.24–0.85 (22%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Karlsson12:49

    xG 0.71–0.43 (62%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Ferraro2:22

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Ferraro13:11

    xG 0.68–0.88 (44%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

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.

SJS 2.5 xGLAK 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #963 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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.

SJS winsLAK wins

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

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