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Wed, Mar 28, 2012·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 3, Calgary Flames 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 84% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1141719330
CGY090604019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:30LAKWillie MitchellGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Slava Voynov · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:22LAKDustin BrownAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:51LAKJustin WilliamsENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.69 xG3–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:03LAKJarret Stoll: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 13:23CGYScott Hannan: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:43LAKMike Richards: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 6:12LAKDwight King: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:31CGYClay Wilson: Interference2 min
  6. P2 16:34CGYMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  7. P2 19:09LAKMatt Greene: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 6:31CGYTim Jackman: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 6:31LAKAlec Martinez: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 19:12CGYTim Jackman: 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 20:00Cammalleri won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
30Shots on goal19
3.0Expected goals1.1
55Shot attempts44
29Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
17Hits14
21Blocked shots13
2Giveaways15
7Takeaways6

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. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar10:07

    xG 0.94–0.09 (91%)attempts 16–7goals 2–0

  2. Carter – Richards – King9:11

    xG 0.50–0.03 (94%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Penner – Lewis8:35

    xG 0.20–0.07 (73%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan6:37

    xG 0.07–0.03 (70%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Doughty13:52

    xG 1.01–0.15 (87%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Voynov14:27

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Martinez8:39

    xG 0.30–0.07 (81%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Stajan – Comeau2:39

    xG 0.19–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Stempniak – Glencross2:11

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Stempniak – Comeau8:09

    xG 0.04–0.11 (28%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Jones5:18

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Babchuk – Wilson8:41

    xG 0.06–0.08 (44%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Butler2:28

    xG 0.14–0.17 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Hannan – Giordano10:18

    xG 0.08–0.51 (14%)attempts 6–10goals 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.

CGY 1.1 xGLAK 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 10/100 · #1097 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 84% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

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

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