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Sat, Feb 23, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Colorado Avalanche 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 78% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0911005124
LAK2629011426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:58LAKDustin BrownAssists: Justin Williams, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:22LAKJeff CarterGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Slava Voynov · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:16COLMilan HejdukPPAssists: PA Parenteau, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:51LAKTrevor LewisSHAssists: Jarret Stoll · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:42LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Dustin Penner, Dwight King · Snap, 0.11 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:40LAKDustin Brown: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:36LAKDavis Drewiske: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:47COLMatt Duchene: Interference2 min
  4. P2 0:52LAKJake Muzzin: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 7:54LAKKeaton Ellerby: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:15COLJamie McGinn: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:15LAKColin Fraser: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 5:11COLRyan O'Byrne: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 19:24LAKKeaton Ellerby: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:24COLChuck Kobasew: Roughing2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLLAK
24Shots on goal26
1.5Expected goals3.1
38Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won27
4Power plays1
11Penalty minutes15
30Hits39
11Blocked shots4
12Giveaways8
2Takeaways3

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHejduk – Mitchell – McLeod8:30

    xG 0.35–0.18 (67%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Stastny – Landeskog12:28

    xG 0.16–0.35 (31%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Kobasew – Bordeleau – Olver9:12

    xG 0.02–0.49 (4%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene8:28

    xG 0.16–0.72 (18%)attempts 4–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Zanon – Elliott13:10

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Hejda – Barrie17:04

    xG 0.63–0.74 (46%)attempts 15–14goals 0–2

  3. O'Byrne – Hunwick15:41

    xG 0.08–0.91 (8%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar16:03

    xG 1.28–0.30 (81%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Richards – Lewis11:34

    xG 0.45–0.17 (72%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan7:42

    xG 0.01–0.04 (25%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Penner – King10:11

    xG 0.28–0.40 (41%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty13:54

    xG 0.79–0.18 (82%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Ellerby – Drewiske7:56

    xG 0.58–0.15 (79%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Ellerby – Doughty5:12

    xG 0.28–0.04 (87%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

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 3.1 xGCOL 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #547 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 78% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

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

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