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Sat, Apr 9, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 3, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 67% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA2111504320
LAK015119010144

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:27ANABrandon McMillanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:41ANASaku KoivuPPGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:54ANAFrancois BeaucheminPPAssists: Saku Koivu, Lubomir Visnovsky · Slap, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P2 18:24LAKRyan SmythPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Jack Johnson · Tip-in, 0.22 xG3–1
Penalties (20)
  1. P1 1:23ANAFrancois Beauchemin: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 6:44ANAJarkko Ruutu: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 11:58ANALubomir Visnovsky: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 11:58LAKJarret Stoll: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 11:58ANALubomir Visnovsky: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 13:23LAKRyan Smyth: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P1 15:12LAKMatt Greene: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P1 15:48ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 15:48LAKKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 6:57LAKKevin Westgarth: Roughing2 min · PPG
  11. P2 12:48ANAMatt Beleskey: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  12. P2 17:16ANAToni Lydman: Holding2 min · PPG
  13. P3 11:51ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 16:38LAKBrad Richardson: Cross checking2 min
  15. P3 16:38LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 16:38ANASheldon Brookbank: Fighting5 min
  17. P3 16:38LAKBrad Richardson: Fighting5 min
  18. P3 16:38ANATeemu Selanne: Fighting5 min
  19. P3 16:38ANASheldon Brookbank: Roughing2 min
  20. P3 16:38LAKWayne Simmonds: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
20Shots on goal44
2.0Expected goals3.1
31Shot attempts93
21Faceoffs won38
4Power plays7
33Penalty minutes27
26Hits39
22Blocked shots4
5Giveaways16
3Takeaways6

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestWinchester – Getzlaf – Perry6:06

    xG 0.37–0.14 (73%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Blake10:25

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan2:08

    xG 0.05–0.02 (74%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Winchester – Ryan – McMillan2:58

    xG 0.02–0.01 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Fowler4:57

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Beauchemin4:53

    xG 0.01–0.04 (23%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Brookbank – Fowler8:00

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Simmonds – Clifford10:17

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Ponikarovsky – Stoll3:03

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Stoll – Moller4:20

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Brown – Penner11:41

    xG 0.43–0.55 (44%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Doughty12:06

    xG 0.48–0.21 (70%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Martinez8:33

    xG 0.17–0.03 (86%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Doughty2:24

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 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 3.1 xGANA 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #988 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 67% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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