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Wed, Feb 23, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK2100513318
ANA1121906227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:13LAKRyan SmythAssists: Jack Johnson, Jarret Stoll · Tip-in, 0.33 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:32ANATeemu SelanneAssists: Toni Lydman, Dan Sexton · Deflected, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:09LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Justin Williams, Jonathan Quick · Tip-in, 0.29 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:05ANACorey PerryAssists: Luca Sbisa, Bobby Ryan · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:45LAKWillie MitchellGWGAssists: Justin Williams, Trevor Lewis · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:06LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:06ANAKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:32LAKKevin Westgarth: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 9:30ANAJarkko Ruutu: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 9:30LAKBrad Richardson: Roughing2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ryan won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
18Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals2.0
50Shot attempts43
21Faceoffs won18
0Power plays1
9Penalty minutes7
21Hits34
9Blocked shots14
10Giveaways9
7Takeaways5

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. bestSmyth – Stoll – Brown13:29

    xG 0.76–0.34 (70%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Handzus – Williams – Richardson11:47

    xG 0.32–0.26 (55%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Lewis – Westgarth – Clifford4:39

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Sturm – Kopitar – Simmonds13:43

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Johnson18:45

    xG 1.74–0.48 (78%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Doughty20:20

    xG 0.85–0.53 (62%)attempts 19–13goals 2–1

  3. Greene – Drewiske11:19

    xG 0.24–0.19 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Marchant – Ruutu – Lapierre8:22

    xG 0.02–0.09 (17%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Marchant – Perry – Ryan2:37

    xG 0.02–0.23 (7%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Ruutu – Perry – Ryan4:53

    xG 0.10–0.40 (20%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Perry – Ryan – Sexton10:13

    xG 0.25–0.55 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLilja – Fowler12:27

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Visnovsky18:17

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Fowler2:23

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

ANA 2.0 xGLAK 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANALAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #618 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 69% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

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