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Tue, Jan 22, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Los Angeles Kings 1, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 57% of the time.

COL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11201007129
COL06013312331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:52LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Jordan Nolan, Alec Martinez · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:00COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Jan Hejda, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:35COLDavid JonesPPGWGAssists: Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:16COLPA ParenteauAssists: Erik Johnson, Ryan Wilson · Wrist, 0.47 xG1–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:55COLMark Olver: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 16:41COLPA Parenteau: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:50COLJamie McGinn: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:02LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:58COLCody McLeod: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 14:14LAKDustin Penner: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 14:44LAKDrew Doughty: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 17:43COLJan Hejda: Closing hand on puck2 min
  9. P3 1:27LAKDustin Penner: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 3:26LAKDavis Drewiske: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 3:26COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 11:06COLTyson Barrie: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCOL
29Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals3.1
68Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won31
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
20Hits26
8Blocked shots24
3Giveaways8
7Takeaways15

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. bestFraser – Clifford – Nolan7:08

    xG 0.43–0.12 (78%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Stoll – Lewis – King8:36

    xG 0.13–0.24 (36%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Brown – Kopitar10:36

    xG 0.45–0.80 (36%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

  4. Carter – Richards – Penner8:36

    xG 0.07–0.55 (11%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Voynov14:08

    xG 0.59–0.26 (69%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty2:28

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Drewiske6:23

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Duchene – Landeskog10:26

    xG 0.77–0.41 (65%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Hejduk – Mitchell – Downie4:55

    xG 0.08–0.14 (35%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Hejduk – Mitchell – McLeod3:00

    xG 0.07–0.14 (34%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Stastny – McGinn9:49

    xG 0.18–0.52 (26%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Wilson10:48

    xG 0.83–0.31 (73%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. O'Byrne – Hejda11:33

    xG 0.18–0.29 (38%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – Barrie8:41

    xG 0.16–0.61 (21%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

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.

COL 3.1 xGLAK 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #400 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 57% of the time.

COL winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-5
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-1
0
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+7

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