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Tue, Dec 6, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Los Angeles Kings 5, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

OTT winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK41117010528
OTT11208113233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:35LAKMatt RoyAssists: Sean Durzi, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:15LAKMikey AndersonAssists: Blake Lizotte, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 5:14OTTDrake BathersonPPAssists: Tim Stützle, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P1 8:43LAKViktor ArvidssonPPGWGAssists: Trevor Moore, Sean Durzi · Snap, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P1 11:26LAKViktor ArvidssonAssists: Kevin Fiala, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P2 12:55LAKKevin FialaPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–1
  7. P3 9:34OTTThomas ChabotPPAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Tim Stützle · Slap, 0.03 xG5–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:21LAKMatt Roy: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:06OTTTim Stützle: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:22LAKAlex Iafallo: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:04OTTDrake Batherson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:31OTTErik Brannstrom: Holding2 min
  6. P3 8:28LAKAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:28LAKGabriel Vilardi: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKOTT
28Shots on goal33
2.7Expected goals2.7
56Shot attempts63
24Faceoffs won32
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits31
21Blocked shots17
14Giveaways5
4Takeaways8

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. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore10:52

    xG 1.22–0.11 (92%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Fiala – Kaliyev12:21

    xG 0.27–0.33 (45%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Lizotte8:02

    xG 0.22–0.31 (41%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Kempe – Vilardi – Iafallo9:41

    xG 0.10–0.31 (24%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson19:31

    xG 1.09–0.21 (84%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Walker12:12

    xG 0.78–0.46 (63%)attempts 24–9goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Durzi14:30

    xG 0.17–0.42 (29%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle10:57

    xG 0.43–0.07 (86%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Motte – Joseph9:18

    xG 0.33–0.36 (48%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Watson – Kastelic – Kelly8:26

    xG 0.07–0.46 (13%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

  4. DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto11:15

    xG 0.21–1.04 (17%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Chabot – Zaitsev15:28

    xG 0.35–0.52 (40%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  2. Hamonic – Sanderson12:25

    xG 0.18–0.57 (24%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Holden – Brannstrom15:26

    xG 0.42–0.82 (34%)attempts 12–21goals 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.

OTT 2.7 xGLAK 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 41/100 · #848 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

OTT winsLAK wins

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

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