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Sat, Nov 27, 2021·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Ottawa Senators 2, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 88% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT110111011232
LAK12021116437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:59LAKViktor ArvidssonPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Sean Durzi · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:41OTTMichael Del ZottoAssists: Josh Norris · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:23LAKCarl GrundstromAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:14LAKArthur KaliyevGWGAssists: Alexander Edler, Mikey Anderson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:33OTTConnor BrownUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:26LAKCarl GrundstromENAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alexander Edler · Backhand, 0.79 xG2–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:56OTTMichael Del Zotto: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:27OTTDylan Gambrell: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 7:27LAKAdrian Kempe: Embellishment2 min
  4. P1 8:57OTTZachary Sanford: Interference2 min
  5. P1 11:49OTTNikita Zaitsev: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 6:30OTTThomas Chabot: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 13:51LAKBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 13:51OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 13:51LAKBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 13:51OTTBrady Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 13:51LAKBrendan Lemieux: Match penatly 10 minutes10 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
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Stützle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTLAK
32Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals5.1
53Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won29
1Power plays4
14Penalty minutes16
37Hits22
10Blocked shots17
8Giveaways9
3Takeaways6

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. bestEnnis – Tierney – Formenton5:05

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Tkachuk – Stützle12:13

    xG 0.39–0.30 (57%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Paul – Sanford – Norris7:56

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Ennis – Paul – Norris2:17

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Holden – Chabot2:01

    xG 0.05–0.12 (28%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Mete – Zaitsev11:46

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Zub15:42

    xG 0.44–0.69 (39%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Iafallo11:42

    xG 0.80–0.50 (62%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Kempe3:04

    xG 0.31–0.07 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev7:10

    xG 0.46–0.23 (67%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Brown – Moore – Andersson4:06

    xG 0.11–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Roy16:05

    xG 1.33–0.61 (69%)attempts 21–18goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Durzi10:16

    xG 0.60–0.09 (87%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Anderson – Bjornfot15:16

    xG 0.15–0.51 (22%)attempts 6–10goals 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 5.1 xGOTT 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #755 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 88% of the time.

LAK winsOTT wins

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

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