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Thu, Nov 3, 2022·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 70% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK0911201101133
CHI05180511219

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:54CHIJason DickinsonAssists: Caleb Jones, Filip Roos · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:24LAKBlake LizotteAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Sean Walker · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:31CHIJonathan ToewsGWGAssists: Jake McCabe, Andreas Athanasiou · Snap, 0.19 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:04LAKBrendan Lemieux: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 13:04CHIJujhar Khaira: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:04CHIJujhar Khaira: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 16:42LAKBrendan Lemieux: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 10:52CHIPhilipp Kurashev: High sticking2 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 SOG0CHI
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Lafferty
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
33Shots on goal19
2.6Expected goals1.5
71Shot attempts39
32Faceoffs won21
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
21Hits25
9Blocked shots23
8Giveaways13
12Takeaways9

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. bestKopitar – Kempe – Vilardi12:45

    xG 1.03–0.20 (84%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore12:16

    xG 0.64–0.38 (63%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  3. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev7:09

    xG 0.16–0.08 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Fiala – Grundstrom – Kupari9:55

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson21:03

    xG 1.39–0.46 (75%)attempts 25–17goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Walker14:11

    xG 0.65–0.38 (63%)attempts 19–8goals 1–1

  3. Roy – Durzi15:03

    xG 0.40–0.39 (50%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Kane – Athanasiou – Domi12:53

    xG 0.39–0.38 (50%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Khaira – Katchouk – Johnson7:38

    xG 0.08–0.16 (34%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  3. Toews – Raddysh – Kurashev13:03

    xG 0.46–0.80 (37%)attempts 10–23goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Lafferty – Entwistle10:17

    xG 0.05–0.48 (9%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Johnson – Murphy2:12

    xG 0.08–0.09 (48%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Roos13:25

    xG 0.14–0.46 (24%)attempts 7–13goals 1–1

  3. Tinordi – Murphy16:09

    xG 0.46–0.81 (36%)attempts 14–23goals 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.

CHI 1.5 xGLAK 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #937 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 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 70% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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