Sat, Mar 6, 2021·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles
St. Louis Blues 3, Los Angeles Kings 4 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 52% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 311 | 08 | 06 | 00 | 325 |
| LAK | 112 | 28 | 011 | 13 | 434 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 0:25STLDavid PerronAssists: Brayden Schenn, Vince Dunn · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
- P1 4:38STLNathan WalkerAssists: Sammy Blais, Robert Bortuzzo · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–0
- P1 11:05STLRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, David Perron · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–0
- P1 13:08LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Alex Iafallo, Mikey Anderson · Snap, 0.12 xG3–1
- P2 18:09LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Alex Iafallo, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
- P2 19:49LAKMatt LuffAssists: Anze Kopitar, Matt Roy · Snap, 0.13 xG3–3
- OT 1:45LAKAdrian KempeGWGAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Sean Walker · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
- P1 10:49LAKRasmus Kupari: Hooking2 min · PPG
- P2 8:05STLTorey Krug: High sticking2 min
- P2 17:34STLNathan Walker: Interference2 min · PPG
- P3 3:28STLMackenzie MacEachern: Interference2 min
- P3 4:33LAKDrew Doughty: Cross checking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Vilardi
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
St. Louis Blues
Forward lines
- bestSanford – Walker – Blais12:44
xG 0.52–0.05 (91%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0
- O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Kyrou11:59
xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1
- Perron – Hoffman – Schenn14:58
xG 0.34–0.54 (39%)attempts 5–20goals 1–0
- Clifford – MacEachern – Joshua8:04
xG 0.15–0.55 (21%)attempts 2–12goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestScandella – Dunn18:49
xG 0.82–0.68 (55%)attempts 10–18goals 2–1
- Bortuzzo – Faulk2:23
xG 0.16–0.08 (68%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
- Bortuzzo – Mikkola8:32
xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0
Los Angeles Kings
Forward lines
- bestCarter – Athanasiou – Vilardi13:37
xG 0.47–0.26 (65%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1
- Grundstrom – Luff – Lizotte8:19
xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0
- Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo14:25
xG 0.52–0.59 (47%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0
- Kempe – Moore – Kupari11:04
xG 0.13–0.37 (26%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestDoughty – Anderson17:04
xG 0.88–0.23 (80%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0
- Doughty – Maatta2:49
xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
- Roy – Bjornfot15:40
xG 0.48–0.51 (48%)attempts 16–5goals 1–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
LAK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line LAK is favoured, below it STL. Dots are goals.
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.
Simulated goal difference (LAK − STL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).