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Tue, Dec 14, 2021·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Los Angeles Kings 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 74% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK1121601101230
TBL151140813330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:06LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Alex Iafallo, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:01TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Steven Stamkos, Patrick Maroon · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:30LAKViktor ArvidssonAssists: Matt Roy, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:19TBLTaylor RaddyshAssists: Jan Rutta, Boris Katchouk · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:25TBLMathieu JosephGWGAssists: Ross Colton · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:42TBLSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:44LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min
  3. P2 17:21LAKCarl Grundstrom: Holding2 min
  4. P2 0:00LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 11:25TBLCorey Perry: Slashing2 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 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bellemare won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKTBL
30Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals3.5
45Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits29
8Blocked shots9
2Giveaways2
12Takeaways7

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. bestBrown – Kopitar – Kempe11:02

    xG 0.56–0.38 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo2:30

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Danault – Kempe – Arvidsson2:34

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo10:09

    xG 0.20–0.47 (30%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Maatta14:13

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Durzi2:50

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Wolanin – Roy14:08

    xG 0.59–0.75 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Maroon – Bellemare14:20

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Katchouk – Raddysh6:45

    xG 0.18–0.08 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Stamkos – Palat – Colton3:29

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Joseph – Colton5:45

    xG 0.08–0.10 (43%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSergachev – Foote11:52

    xG 0.87–0.21 (80%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Sergachev3:05

    xG 0.08–0.03 (70%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Sergachev3:00

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

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.

TBL 3.5 xGLAK 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #735 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 74% of the time.

TBL winsLAK wins

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

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