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Tue, Feb 18, 2020·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Los Angeles Kings 3, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 80% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK19015210334
WPG011312312635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:35LAKDustin BrownAssists: Joakim Ryan, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:13WPGJansen HarkinsAssists: Patrik Laine, Jack Roslovic · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:05WPGMason AppletonAssists: Jack Roslovic · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:33WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:21LAKMartin FrkAssists: Jeff Carter, Adrian Kempe · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:49WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:16LAKDustin BrownAssists: Matt Roy, Anze Kopitar · Deflected, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 17:43WPGPatrik LaineENAssists: Kyle Connor, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.65 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:31WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Neal Pionk, Nikolaj Ehlers · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:46LAKSean Walker: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:11WPGTucker Poolman: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 1:43WPGNathan Beaulieu: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 11:40LAKDustin Brown: 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 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKWPG
34Shots on goal35
1.9Expected goals3.8
59Shot attempts52
17Faceoffs won19
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits19
7Blocked shots9
12Giveaways12
4Takeaways6

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. Carter – Frk – Kempe12:04

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Wagner – Moore – Lizotte9:28

    xG 0.28–0.37 (44%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Lewis – Prokhorkin – Amadio7:17

    xG 0.20–0.31 (40%)attempts 7–4goals 0–2

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo12:52

    xG 0.29–0.85 (25%)attempts 10–19goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hutton – Roy16:47

    xG 0.54–0.69 (44%)attempts 19–13goals 2–0

  2. Ryan – Walker14:15

    xG 0.47–0.67 (41%)attempts 15–9goals 0–3

  3. Doughty – Forbort16:44

    xG 0.23–0.58 (29%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Copp – Ehlers8:21

    xG 0.55–0.07 (88%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers6:14

    xG 0.39–0.15 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 3–1

  3. Harkins – Roslovic – Appleton10:45

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Wheeler – Connor – Laine7:59

    xG 0.30–0.24 (55%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPoolman – Morrissey16:38

    xG 0.58–0.29 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Beaulieu – Niku10:33

    xG 0.39–0.17 (70%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  3. Kulikov – Morrissey2:11

    xG 0.26–0.27 (50%)attempts 3–7goals 0–2

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.

WPG 3.8 xGLAK 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #239 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 80% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-3
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).