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Sat, Nov 30, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Winnipeg Jets 1, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG06015113134
LAK2190807234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:34LAKJoakim RyanAssists: Dustin Brown · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:12LAKNikolai ProkhorkinGWGAssists: Trevor Lewis, Paul LaDue · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:18WPGJack RoslovicAssists: Tucker Poolman, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 8:05LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:11LAKTrevor Lewis: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 0:31LAKSean Walker: Holding2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGLAK
34Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals3.4
62Shot attempts64
31Faceoffs won25
3Power plays0
0Penalty minutes6
21Hits21
16Blocked shots11
9Giveaways7
3Takeaways2

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Scheifele – Copp8:53

    xG 0.68–0.51 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Shaw – Gustafsson – Luoto3:30

    xG 0.03–0.17 (16%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Connor – Laine7:54

    xG 0.10–0.30 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Ehlers – Roslovic12:29

    xG 0.43–0.69 (38%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bitetto – Dahlstrom10:05

    xG 0.55–0.76 (42%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  2. Poolman – Morrissey18:43

    xG 0.59–0.89 (40%)attempts 13–26goals 1–0

  3. Sbisa – Pionk17:32

    xG 0.26–1.55 (14%)attempts 10–24goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestLewis – Clifford – Prokhorkin7:19

    xG 0.88–0.43 (67%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Amadio12:07

    xG 0.90–0.57 (61%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  3. Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte9:40

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:43

    xG 0.43–0.28 (61%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRyan – Roy15:55

    xG 1.32–0.42 (76%)attempts 24–10goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Walker22:33

    xG 1.40–1.04 (57%)attempts 24–27goals 1–1

  3. LaDue – Hutton10:42

    xG 0.52–0.30 (64%)attempts 13–9goals 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 3.4 xGWPG 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #969 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 61% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

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

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