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Sat, Feb 11, 2023·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Los Angeles Kings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 65% of the time.

LAK winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT0100609025
LAK21231118631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:28LAKJaret Anderson-DolanGWGAssists: Alexander Edler, Rasmus Kupari · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:47LAKAlex IafalloAssists: Rasmus Kupari, Kevin Fiala · Snap, 0.25 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:58LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Anze Kopitar, Quinton Byfield · Snap, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:18LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Anze Kopitar, Mikey Anderson · Snap, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P2 14:27LAKAdrian KempePPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–5
  6. P3 15:09LAKAdrian KempePPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.10 xG0–6
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:46LAKAdrian Kempe: Elbowing2 min
  2. P2 2:47LAKKevin Fiala: Interference2 min
  3. P2 11:17LAKSean Walker: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 14:01PITRyan Poehling: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:59PITPierre-Olivier Joseph: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 6:52PITEvgeni Malkin: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 9:46PITSidney Crosby: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 9:46LAKMikey Anderson: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 9:46PITSidney Crosby: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P3 9:46LAKMikey Anderson: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 13:09PITPierre-Olivier Joseph: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. P3 14:12PITMarcus Pettersson: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 16:46LAKAlexander Edler: 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
49% to win51% to win
← PIT attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITLAK
25Shots on goal31
3.4Expected goals4.4
68Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won23
5Power plays5
30Penalty minutes20
20Hits19
11Blocked shots22
3Giveaways4
2Takeaways2

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rakell – Guentzel9:23

    xG 0.55–0.42 (56%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Archibald – Blueger – Poehling6:53

    xG 0.25–0.33 (43%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Carter – McGinn – Kapanen7:11

    xG 0.07–0.62 (10%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Zucker – Rust10:21

    xG 0.25–1.10 (18%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Letang – Dumoulin15:30

    xG 0.81–1.03 (44%)attempts 21–13goals 0–1

  2. Friedman – Joseph10:44

    xG 0.36–0.84 (30%)attempts 11–12goals 0–2

  3. Petry – Pettersson11:49

    xG 0.28–0.92 (23%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFiala – Iafallo – Lizotte7:47

    xG 0.57–0.08 (87%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield9:14

    xG 0.97–0.57 (63%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  3. Anderson-Dolan – Kupari – Kaliyev8:01

    xG 0.46–0.20 (69%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore9:16

    xG 0.25–0.11 (69%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRoy – Durzi11:08

    xG 1.09–0.05 (95%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  2. Edler – Walker10:43

    xG 0.91–0.45 (67%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Anderson14:50

    xG 0.87–0.81 (52%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

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.

LAK 4.4 xGPIT 3.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1297 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 65% of the time.

LAK winsPIT wins

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

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