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Thu, Jan 19, 2012·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 2, Los Angeles Kings 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY0311009032225
LAK1809010051132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:28LAKDustin BrownAssists: Justin Williams, Willie Mitchell · Slap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:15CGYJarome IginlaPPAssists: Olli Jokinen, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Justin Williams scored
  2. 2. CGY Olli Jokinen scored
  3. 3. LAK Jack Johnson stopped
  4. 4. CGY Michael Cammalleri scored
  5. 5. LAK Mike Richards stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:46CGYMikael Backlund: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:37LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:37CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:38LAKColin Fraser: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:57LAKJarret Stoll: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 7:48LAKAndrei Loktionov: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. OT 4:25CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
25Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals2.6
47Shot attempts64
25Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
35Hits39
13Blocked shots11
10Giveaways11
2Takeaways7

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Cammalleri – Backlund15:34

    xG 0.63–0.36 (64%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Stajan2:25

    xG 0.33–0.12 (74%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Stempniak – Comeau7:57

    xG 0.32–0.26 (55%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Bouma – Horak4:53

    xG 0.04–0.07 (34%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Giordano14:51

    xG 0.61–0.49 (56%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Butler18:55

    xG 0.58–0.68 (46%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

  3. Sarich – Brodie14:08

    xG 0.31–0.57 (35%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Lewis – Loktionov13:04

    xG 0.61–0.31 (66%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Hunter – Fraser – Clifford7:06

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Brown – Kopitar15:23

    xG 0.54–0.37 (59%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  4. Stoll – Richards – Penner12:49

    xG 0.27–0.50 (35%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Voynov16:14

    xG 0.89–0.58 (60%)attempts 22–9goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Johnson15:24

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Doughty19:43

    xG 0.39–0.69 (36%)attempts 18–14goals 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 2.6 xGCGY 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #937 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 60% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

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

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

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