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Sat, Jan 14, 2012·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 4, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 51% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0631216424
CGY01111207130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:27LAKMike RichardsAssists: Dustin Penner, Rob Scuderi · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:02LAKMatt GreeneGWGAssists: Jarret Stoll, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:48LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Justin Williams, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:52CGYMichael CammalleriPPAssists: Anton Babchuk, Jay Bouwmeester · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:03LAKDustin BrownENAssists: Justin Williams, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.62 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:54CGYOlli Jokinen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:38LAKColin Fraser: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 10:00CGYMichael Cammalleri: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:07LAKJarret Stoll: Charging2 min
  5. P2 14:33CGYTom Kostopoulos: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:04LAKRob Scuderi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:58CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 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 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
24Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals2.1
48Shot attempts51
24Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
16Hits15
10Blocked shots15
3Giveaways13
7Takeaways11

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. Stoll – Richards – Penner9:38

    xG 0.26–0.35 (42%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  2. Hunter – Fraser – Clifford9:57

    xG 0.19–0.31 (38%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Brown – Kopitar12:06

    xG 0.41–0.60 (40%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Lewis – Loktionov9:39

    xG 0.14–0.37 (27%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Doughty16:09

    xG 0.65–0.54 (54%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Voynov12:10

    xG 0.17–0.08 (69%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Johnson13:52

    xG 0.37–0.61 (38%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Jones – Bouma3:30

    xG 0.21–0.03 (87%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Horak4:30

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Bouma – Horak2:32

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Stempniak – Glencross2:08

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Butler16:59

    xG 0.70–0.16 (82%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Babchuk – Brodie12:25

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Giordano12:43

    xG 0.35–0.51 (41%)attempts 12–10goals 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.

CGY 2.1 xGLAK 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #876 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 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, Calgary Flames win this game 51% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

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

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