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Sat, Oct 9, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (SO)

Expected result

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

VAN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK0110718062232
VAN0111607000124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:58VANChristian EhrhoffPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P3 15:55LAKJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Michal Handzus, Dustin Brown · Tip-in, 0.45 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Mason Raymond stopped
  2. 2. LAK Anze Kopitar scored
  3. 3. VAN Ryan Kesler stopped
  4. 4. LAK Jack Johnson scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:27LAKAlexei Ponikarovsky: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:55VANChristian Ehrhoff: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:13VANKevin Bieksa: Elbowing2 min
  4. P1 19:06VANMikael Samuelsson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 7:09VANAlexander Edler: Elbowing2 min
  6. P2 11:15LAKAlexei Ponikarovsky: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:48LAKJack Johnson: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 1:17LAKAlexei Ponikarovsky: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 3:38LAKDrew Doughty: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 14:15VANRyan Kesler: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. OT 2:35VANKevin Bieksa: Interference2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKVAN
32Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals2.0
55Shot attempts45
30Faceoffs won26
6Power plays5
10Penalty minutes12
27Hits34
14Blocked shots13
2Giveaways9
4Takeaways15

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. bestWilliams – Stoll – Richardson7:08

    xG 0.14–0.04 (78%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Westgarth – Clifford – Schenn4:36

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Brown – Kopitar9:14

    xG 0.25–0.31 (45%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Ponikarovsky – Simmonds7:31

    xG 0.15–0.26 (36%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Johnson12:54

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Doughty13:01

    xG 0.24–0.15 (61%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Scuderi2:49

    xG 0.19–0.19 (49%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSamuelsson – Sedin – Sedin12:54

    xG 0.51–0.42 (55%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Schaefer – Malhotra – Hansen7:32

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Desbiens – Bolduc – Glass5:00

    xG 0.09–0.09 (49%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Torres – Kesler – Raymond10:10

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlberts – Ballard11:18

    xG 0.46–0.10 (82%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa13:15

    xG 0.28–0.39 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Ehrhoff – Edler14:54

    xG 0.35–0.69 (34%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

VAN 2.0 xGLAK 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #590 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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.

VAN winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).