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Tue, Dec 6, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 53% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0818123239
ANA2701218327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:59ANABobby RyanAssists: Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:37ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Matt Beleskey · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:44LAKSlava VoynovAssists: Dustin Penner, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:50LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Jarret Stoll · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:11ANABobby RyanGWGAssists: Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 14:29LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 0:39ANANiklas Hagman: Interference2 min
  3. P3 4:06LAKDustin Penner: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 13:46ANAToni Lydman: 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 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
39Shots on goal27
2.9Expected goals2.7
70Shot attempts51
28Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
26Hits33
11Blocked shots14
15Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

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. bestGagne – Williams – Stoll4:06

    xG 0.38–0.06 (86%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Moreau – Hunter – Fraser3:15

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Moreau – Hunter – Loktionov2:27

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Brown – Penner4:27

    xG 0.09–0.04 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Doughty19:23

    xG 0.94–0.59 (61%)attempts 24–12goals 1–2

  2. Johnson – Voynov17:50

    xG 0.30–0.48 (39%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

  3. Greene – Drewiske10:26

    xG 0.39–0.70 (36%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Koivu – Ryan15:33

    xG 0.96–0.48 (67%)attempts 16–18goals 2–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey10:23

    xG 0.41–0.13 (76%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Parros – Jacques – Macenauer6:05

    xG 0.23–0.10 (69%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Hagman – Cogliano – Smith-Pelly9:01

    xG 0.35–0.25 (59%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Fowler21:40

    xG 1.18–0.52 (70%)attempts 19–21goals 3–1

  2. Lydman – Beauchemin2:20

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Lydman – Brookbank2:09

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 3–2goals 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 2.7 xGLAK 2.9 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 64/100 · #403 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 53% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

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