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Wed, Feb 20, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 3, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 57% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK211012110333
CGY1807012127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:15LAKDustin BrownAssists: Anze Kopitar, Rob Scuderi · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:51CGYTJ BrodieAssists: Jarome Iginla, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:20LAKTrevor LewisGWGAssists: Jeff Carter, Rob Scuderi · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:27LAKJeff CarterAssists: Mike Richards, Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:58LAKSlava Voynov: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:58CGYMichael Cammalleri: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:28LAKTrevor Lewis: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 5:56LAKColin Fraser: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 5:56CGYJarome Iginla: Interference2 min
  6. P2 8:42CGYChris Butler: Holding2 min
  7. P2 16:44LAKDavis Drewiske: Interference2 min
  8. P3 0:41LAKJustin Williams: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 14:26LAKAnze Kopitar: 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
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
33Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals2.9
61Shot attempts49
40Faceoffs won22
1Power plays4
12Penalty minutes6
15Hits18
10Blocked shots18
7Giveaways9
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 – Kopitar10:24

    xG 0.79–0.44 (64%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Stoll – Penner – King8:56

    xG 0.53–0.38 (58%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  3. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan4:28

    xG 0.03–0.08 (24%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Richards – Lewis11:09

    xG 0.54–0.64 (46%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDrewiske – Doughty3:11

    xG 0.22–0.06 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Ellerby – Drewiske4:18

    xG 0.26–0.10 (71%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty14:13

    xG 0.67–0.62 (52%)attempts 20–9goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Stempniak – Glencross10:37

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

  2. Hudler – Comeau – Horak3:27

    xG 0.04–0.02 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Begin – Jackman – Comeau3:42

    xG 0.15–0.21 (41%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Cammalleri13:20

    xG 0.48–0.63 (43%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Giordano12:02

    xG 0.65–0.23 (74%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Brodie2:45

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Bouwmeester2:54

    xG 0.02–0.03 (34%)attempts 1–3goals 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 2.9 xGLAK 2.6 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 39/100 · #462 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (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 57% 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).