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Thu, Dec 19, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Los Angeles Kings 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 68% of the time.

CBJ winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK191501100225
CBJ180131611328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:42LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Ben Hutton, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:55CBJZach WerenskiPPAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:16LAKJeff CarterAssists: Trevor Lewis, Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:17CBJBoone JennerAssists: Zach Werenski, Oliver Bjorkstrand · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:11CBJPierre-Luc DuboisGWGAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Seth Jones · Snap, 0.24 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:54LAKKurtis MacDermid: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:56CBJGabriel Carlsson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:53CBJSeth Jones: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 8:05LAKSean Walker: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:45LAKSean Walker: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 8:46LAKJeff Carter: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCBJ
25Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals3.0
45Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won40
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
25Hits18
17Blocked shots10
7Giveaways6
6Takeaways10

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 – Lizotte8:22

    xG 0.66–0.06 (92%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Toffoli – Prokhorkin – Amadio7:50

    xG 0.07–0.07 (49%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo6:55

    xG 0.22–0.25 (47%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Lewis – Clifford8:09

    xG 0.43–0.58 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Roy12:32

    xG 0.97–0.53 (65%)attempts 18–11goals 2–0

  2. Doughty – Ryan19:37

    xG 0.41–0.37 (53%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Walker3:00

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDubois – Texier – Robinson6:21

    xG 0.63–0.24 (73%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  2. Nash – Dano – Stenlund3:33

    xG 0.12–0.01 (93%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand9:16

    xG 0.28–0.32 (46%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Nash – Jenner2:21

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKukan – Gavrikov17:24

    xG 0.86–0.43 (67%)attempts 18–9goals 0–1

  2. Jones – Werenski18:09

    xG 0.88–0.89 (50%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

  3. Harrington – Carlsson7:56

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 1–12goals 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.

CBJ 3.0 xGLAK 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #215 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.17 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 68% of the time.

CBJ winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).