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Mon, Feb 25, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 2, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

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

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0721405226
LAK0921135525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:13ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:16LAKDustin PennerAssists: Jarret Stoll, Dwight King · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:51ANASaku KoivuPPAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Ben Lovejoy · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:53LAKDustin BrownAssists: Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:46LAKSlava VoynovGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:23LAKJake MuzzinPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Slava Voynov · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:39LAKJeff CarterENAssists: Mike Richards, Drew Doughty · Backhand, 0.76 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 3:04ANASheldon Souray: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 3:04LAKJordan Nolan: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:02LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:08LAKSlava Voynov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 1:22LAKDwight King: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:08ANASheldon Souray: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:58ANACorey Perry: Elbowing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
26Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals3.0
48Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won41
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
36Hits29
19Blocked shots10
9Giveaways12
2Takeaways4

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Cogliano9:36

    xG 0.45–0.03 (93%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Bonino – Palmieri7:41

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey2:06

    xG 0.01–0.02 (40%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Staubitz – Beleskey – Maroon5:07

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Lovejoy11:57

    xG 0.26–0.07 (80%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Fowler2:18

    xG 0.05–0.18 (22%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Fowler15:34

    xG 0.24–0.54 (31%)attempts 7–18goals 1–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar14:26

    xG 0.52–0.10 (84%)attempts 24–5goals 2–0

  2. Stoll – Penner – King11:09

    xG 0.38–0.15 (71%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Carter – Richards – Lewis11:26

    xG 0.52–0.43 (55%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  4. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan5:31

    xG 0.02–0.12 (17%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Voynov18:28

    xG 0.81–0.27 (75%)attempts 16–11goals 3–1

  2. Muzzin – Doughty18:41

    xG 0.89–0.69 (56%)attempts 23–15goals 0–0

  3. Ellerby – Drewiske9:36

    xG 0.11–0.05 (68%)attempts 9–2goals 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 3.0 xGANA 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #310 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (LAK − ANA), 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).