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Mon, May 10, 2021·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

St. Louis Blues 2, Los Angeles Kings 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 66% of the time.

LAK winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL05061711219
LAK060911200127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:25STLTyler BozakAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Justin Faulk · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:35LAKAlex IafalloAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Olli Maatta · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:46STLJustin FaulkGWGAssists: David Perron, Ryan O'Reilly · Snap, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:40STLDakota Joshua: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 13:40LAKLias Andersson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:40LAKLias Andersson: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 15:43STLTyler Bozak: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 14:33LAKAustin Wagner: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 17:47STLIvan Barbashev: Tripping2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLLAK
19Shots on goal27
1.4Expected goals2.1
45Shot attempts55
40Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
22Hits18
17Blocked shots17
4Giveaways7
5Takeaways2

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBozak – Schenn – Schwartz11:54

    xG 0.34–0.24 (58%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Barbashev12:16

    xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Sanford – Joshua10:18

    xG 0.02–0.30 (6%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Kyrou – Thomas11:46

    xG 0.12–0.49 (20%)attempts 4–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Scandella – Parayko17:24

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Santini13:03

    xG 0.26–0.44 (38%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Krug17:18

    xG 0.20–0.38 (34%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWagner – Moore – Kupari10:59

    xG 0.44–0.05 (90%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  2. Lemieux – Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan9:26

    xG 0.29–0.04 (88%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Vilardi – Andersson – Iafallo12:24

    xG 0.21–0.15 (58%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  4. Kopitar – Athanasiou – Kempe13:45

    xG 0.24–0.37 (39%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson19:32

    xG 0.58–0.32 (64%)attempts 23–17goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Walker13:28

    xG 0.49–0.27 (65%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  3. Roy – Bjornfot13:18

    xG 0.11–0.18 (39%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

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 2.1 xGSTL 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #432 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 66% of the time.

LAK winsSTL wins

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

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