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Sat, Jan 11, 2020·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Los Angeles Kings 0, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 52% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK010014017041
CAR1140818230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:52CARNino NiederreiterGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:56CARTeuvo TeravainenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.58 xG0–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 9:20CARMartin Necas: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 11:14LAKMichael Amadio: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 4:29CARNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 13:17LAKAustin Wagner: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCAR
41Shots on goal30
4.1Expected goals4.0
74Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
28Hits13
12Blocked shots16
14Giveaways16
6Takeaways11

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 – Amadio – Wagner11:10

    xG 1.55–0.50 (76%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo11:51

    xG 0.64–0.42 (61%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Brown – Clifford10:33

    xG 0.46–0.59 (44%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  4. Lewis – Prokhorkin – Anderson-Dolan8:11

    xG 0.04–0.41 (9%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Doughty18:13

    xG 0.94–0.66 (59%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Walker11:12

    xG 0.93–0.80 (54%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

  3. Hutton – Roy15:34

    xG 0.68–0.62 (52%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMartinook – McGinn – Wallmark8:22

    xG 0.55–0.32 (63%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho10:17

    xG 0.65–0.55 (54%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Foegele – Svechnikov12:42

    xG 0.50–0.51 (49%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Dzingel – Necas11:11

    xG 0.26–1.39 (16%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin14:47

    xG 0.99–0.63 (61%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – van Riemsdyk11:24

    xG 0.61–0.79 (44%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Pesce2:24

    xG 0.02–0.28 (5%)attempts 1–7goals 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.

CAR 4.0 xGLAK 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 0/100 · #1080 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 52% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

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

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