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Thu, Dec 22, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 71% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA091615021222
LAK01311218012334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:55ANANiklas HagmanAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Luca Sbisa · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:17LAKMike RichardsAssists: Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:02LAKDustin BrownAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:49ANALubomir VisnovskyAssists: Niklas Hagman, Toni Lydman · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Jarret Stoll scored
  2. 2. ANA Corey Perry scored
  3. 3. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  4. 4. ANA Teemu Selanne stopped
  5. 5. LAK Dustin Brown scored
  6. 6. ANA Kyle Palmieri stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:03LAKColin Fraser: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:36ANAMatt Beleskey: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:36LAKColin Fraser: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:15LAKKyle Clifford: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:05ANAMatt Beleskey: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 10:46ANALuca Sbisa: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:40ANARyan Getzlaf: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 11:04ANARyan Getzlaf: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 11:04LAKColin Fraser: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. OT 1:55LAKDrew Doughty: Holding2 min
  11. OT 4:30ANABobby Ryan: Holding2 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
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
22Shots on goal34
1.7Expected goals2.9
41Shot attempts67
28Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
15Penalty minutes13
31Hits29
17Blocked shots7
10Giveaways15
4Takeaways4

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. Hagman – Getzlaf – Perry14:05

    xG 0.43–0.39 (52%)attempts 11–11goals 1–2

  2. Cogliano – Beleskey – Palmieri7:59

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Parros – Gordon – Pelley3:35

    xG 0.04–0.11 (29%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Ryan – Bonino10:47

    xG 0.02–0.96 (2%)attempts 2–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lydman – Visnovsky19:00

    xG 0.45–0.50 (48%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Fowler16:06

    xG 0.32–0.37 (47%)attempts 8–10goals 0–2

  3. Brookbank – Sbisa9:27

    xG 0.19–1.10 (15%)attempts 8–22goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Richardson – Kopitar12:15

    xG 0.77–0.18 (81%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Stoll – Penner10:55

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Fraser – Westgarth – Clifford4:05

    xG 0.11–0.04 (71%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Gagne – Richards – Lewis11:29

    xG 0.53–0.53 (50%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Voynov14:41

    xG 1.25–0.19 (87%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty17:31

    xG 0.52–0.52 (50%)attempts 18–12goals 2–0

  3. Greene – Johnson13:08

    xG 0.25–0.51 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

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 2.9 xGANA 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 78/100 · #239 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 71% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

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