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Wed, Mar 11, 2020·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Ottawa Senators 2, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 92% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1100818226
LAK113011215339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:29OTTBobby RyanAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Colin White · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:09LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Adrian Kempe, Ben Hutton · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:57OTTJayce HawrylukAssists: Andreas Englund, Nick Paul · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:12LAKGabriel VilardiPPAssists: Sean Walker, Matt Roy · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:19LAKMartin FrkGWGAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:24OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 12:19OTTNikita Zaitsev: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 18:08OTTColin White: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:08LAKAustin Wagner: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:44LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:23LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 7:16OTTNikita Zaitsev: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:14OTTThomas Chabot: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTLAK
26Shots on goal39
2.4Expected goals6.0
54Shot attempts67
32Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
21Hits14
16Blocked shots12
6Giveaways6
2Takeaways7

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – White – Tkachuk8:18

    xG 0.67–0.09 (88%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  2. Duclair – Paul – Hawryluk6:26

    xG 0.22–0.02 (92%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Boedker – Peca – Sabourin8:44

    xG 0.28–0.20 (59%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Tierney – Brown – Balcers8:44

    xG 0.45–0.65 (41%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChabot – Zaitsev2:05

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Chabot12:17

    xG 0.26–0.26 (50%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Wolanin2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFrk – Moore – Vilardi3:16

    xG 0.29–0.09 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Lewis – Kempe – Lizotte8:40

    xG 0.43–0.32 (58%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Prokhorkin – Amadio – Wagner4:22

    xG 0.01–0.10 (9%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo12:32

    xG 0.79–0.89 (47%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Hutton15:20

    xG 1.17–0.83 (58%)attempts 21–11goals 1–1

  2. Roy – Anderson14:48

    xG 0.37–0.52 (41%)attempts 6–21goals 1–0

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 6.0 xGOTT 2.4 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #453 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 92% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

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

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