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2017-12-09 · STAPLES Center

2 – 3Final/OT

LAK beat CAR 3–2 in overtime. LAK lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 3.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Tanner Pearson scored at 4:40 of overtime, moving LAK’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Scott Darling allowed 1.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 21
Expected goals
3.1 – 1.8
xG share
CAR 64%
Home-ice start
LAK 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

CAR goalLAK goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

CARLAK

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

LAK
64:40 TOI
GSAx +0.89
+0.89
CAR
1 G, 0 A · 17:31 TOI
On-ice +0.34 · Finishing +0.58
+0.87
CAR
Victor Rask
1 G, 0 A · 16:52 TOI
On-ice +0.35 · Finishing +0.43 · Playmaking −0.06
+0.68

Rough nights

CAR
Scott Darling
63:56 TOI
GSAx −1.50
−1.50
LAK
0 G, 0 A · 20:52 TOI
On-ice −0.28 · Penalties −0.18
−0.41
LAK
0 G, 0 A · 14:22 TOI
On-ice −0.33 · Finishing −0.05
−0.41

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalCAR–LAKWin prob.
P2 6:27 LAKTyler Toffoli
from Anze Kopitar, Tanner Pearson
0–153% → 73%
P2 9:16 LAKAnze Kopitar
from Tyler Toffoli, Christian Folin
0–274% → 88%
P3 13:03 CARVictor RaskPP
from Teuvo Teravainen
1–23% → 14%
P3 17:38 CARElias LindholmPP
from Derek Ryan, Brock McGinn
2–28% → 49%
OT 4:40 LAKTanner Pearson
from Jake Muzzin, Jonathan Quick
2–352% → 100%

Every player

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CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Elias Lindholm C17:311+0.87+0.34+0.58−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.03
Victor Rask C16:521+0.68+0.35+0.43−0.06−0.00+0.00−0.04
Brett Pesce D23:59+0.34+0.43+0.00−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jaccob Slavin D25:03+0.25+0.29+0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Josh Jooris R9:25+0.22+0.06−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.18+0.00
Justin Faulk D20:30+0.16+0.06−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.18+0.00
Teuvo Teravainen C19:531+0.07−0.01−0.08+0.15+0.01+0.00+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D17:57+0.07+0.09+0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Derek Ryan C18:461+0.05+0.18−0.28−0.08+0.01+0.18+0.04
Marcus Kruger C8:52+0.03+0.02−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.03
Joakim Nordstrom C8:40+0.00+0.02−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Noah Hanifin D18:32−0.06−0.02−0.01−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brock McGinn L14:381−0.08+0.36−0.39−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sebastian Aho C19:58−0.12+0.12−0.20−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Jordan Staal C19:00−0.18−0.09−0.09−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.07
Justin Williams R17:23−0.20−0.05−0.14−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jeff Skinner L19:16−0.26−0.04−0.16−0.04−0.02+0.00−0.01
Haydn Fleury D16:29−0.28−0.07+0.00−0.03+0.00−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Darling G63:56−1.50

LAK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tanner Pearson L15:1011+0.54+0.12+0.31+0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyler Toffoli C19:0611+0.35−0.25+0.41+0.19+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alec Martinez D22:39+0.28+0.10+0.00+0.17+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anze Kopitar C22:3211+0.20−0.25+0.31+0.18+0.02+0.00−0.05
Alex Iafallo L16:25+0.20+0.09−0.00+0.11+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jussi Jokinen L11:24+0.14−0.02−0.00−0.04+0.01+0.18+0.01
Jake Muzzin D25:571−0.00+0.03+0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicholas Shore C15:39−0.09+0.00−0.09−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Jonny Brodzinski C9:19−0.11−0.03−0.04−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kurtis MacDermid L14:16−0.11−0.06−0.01−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Dustin Brown R18:08−0.23−0.00−0.02−0.04+0.01−0.18+0.00
Torrey Mitchell C12:00−0.24−0.01−0.02−0.04+0.02−0.18+0.00
Christian Folin D14:391−0.28−0.35+0.00+0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marian Gaborik R13:24−0.33−0.33−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drew Doughty D26:42−0.35−0.21−0.18+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Trevor Lewis C16:49−0.38−0.32−0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.03
Adrian Kempe R14:22−0.41−0.33−0.05−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Derek Forbort D20:52−0.41−0.28+0.00+0.04−0.00−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jonathan Quick G64:40+0.89

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.