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Sat, Mar 26, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Colorado Avalanche 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 52% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0511105121
LAK2110727425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:30LAKWillie MitchellAssists: Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:34LAKMichal HandzusPPGWGAssists: Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:21COLMilan HejdukAssists: Paul Stastny · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:36LAKRyan SmythAssists: Trevor Lewis, Dustin Brown · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:05LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Ryan Smyth · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:59LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:10COLRyan O'Byrne: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:50LAKWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 8:02COLErik Johnson: Holding2 min
  5. P2 15:05COLShawn Belle: Slashing2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Handzus won the faceoff against McClement
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLLAK
21Shots on goal25
1.5Expected goals1.7
37Shot attempts53
33Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
31Hits26
12Blocked shots6
11Giveaways10
2Takeaways5

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Porter – Stoa4:39

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – Yip – McLeod7:24

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Winnik – O'Reilly – Duchene5:30

    xG 0.09–0.08 (53%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Jones – Stoa3:37

    xG 0.13–0.14 (49%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Liles – Johnson16:57

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Gaunce – Holos12:41

    xG 0.39–0.38 (50%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  3. Belle – O'Byrne15:55

    xG 0.18–0.35 (35%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestPonikarovsky – Stoll – Simmonds10:02

    xG 0.28–0.05 (85%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

  2. Handzus – Penner – Moller4:22

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Brown – Lewis5:06

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 2–0

  4. Richardson – Lewis – Clifford5:17

    xG 0.02–0.01 (55%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Doughty16:21

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  2. Scuderi – Greene2:30

    xG 0.15–0.12 (56%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Johnson13:11

    xG 0.20–0.25 (44%)attempts 11–7goals 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.

LAK 1.7 xGCOL 1.5 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #851 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 52% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+5
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+7

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