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Tue, Jan 14, 2020·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Los Angeles Kings 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK211013115021341
TBL29010115042438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:18LAKJeff CarterAssists: Kyle Clifford, Derek Forbort · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:52LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:06TBLAlex KillornAssists: Alexander Volkov, Kevin Shattenkirk · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 11:25TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:00LAKDustin BrownPPAssists: Nikolai Prokhorkin, Sean Walker · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:45TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Anthony Cirelli · Slap, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TBL Victor Hedman stopped
  2. 2. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  3. 3. TBL Brayden Point scored
  4. 4. LAK Nikolai Prokhorkin scored
  5. 5. TBL Nikita Kucherov stopped
  6. 6. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  7. 7. TBL Steven Stamkos scored
  8. 8. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 10:03LAKJeff Carter: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 12:20TBLTyler Johnson: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 5:10TBLAlexander Volkov: Broken stick2 min
  4. P3 10:14TBLAlexander Volkov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:01LAKKyle Clifford: High sticking2 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 SOG0TBL
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTBL
41Shots on goal38
2.3Expected goals2.8
58Shot attempts61
32Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
29Hits21
13Blocked shots9
1Giveaways5
8Takeaways8

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 – Clifford10:30

    xG 0.50–0.19 (73%)attempts 11–8goals 2–1

  2. Kempe – Amadio – Wagner8:57

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Prokhorkin – Anderson-Dolan6:39

    xG 0.33–0.46 (41%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo13:11

    xG 0.29–0.69 (29%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Walker12:42

    xG 0.53–0.45 (54%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Martinez – Doughty20:26

    xG 0.48–0.84 (36%)attempts 15–18goals 1–1

  3. Hutton – Roy14:26

    xG 0.27–0.73 (27%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Johnson – Cirelli13:07

    xG 0.73–0.14 (84%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Gourde – Verhaeghe – Stephens4:53

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Palat – Kucherov – Point14:17

    xG 0.57–0.40 (59%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Paquette – Volkov7:10

    xG 0.22–0.12 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Rutta15:45

    xG 0.92–0.24 (79%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Hedman – Sergachev2:43

    xG 0.19–0.12 (61%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Sergachev15:13

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 11–13goals 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.

TBL 2.8 xGLAK 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #70 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.54 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 58% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

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

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