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Sat, Mar 2, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings 2, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK01228010230
VAN183917524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:43VANDan HamhuisAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Henrik Sedin · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:12LAKJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Jake Muzzin, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:32VANMason RaymondAssists: Jannik Hansen, David Booth · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:23LAKJordan NolanAssists: Dustin Penner · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:08VANDaniel SedinGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexandre Burrows · Slap, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:52VANJannik HansenAssists: Mason Raymond, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:37VANChris HigginsENUnassisted · Slap, 0.55 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:39VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:52LAKJarret Stoll: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:25VANTom Sestito: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 11:25LAKJordan Nolan: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 13:31VANKevin Bieksa: Interference2 min
  6. P1 18:30VANJason Garrison: Interference2 min
  7. P2 5:33VANAndrew Alberts: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 16:44VANMaxim Lapierre: Diving2 min
  9. P2 16:44LAKJarret Stoll: Interference2 min
  10. P2 19:48LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKVAN
30Shots on goal24
1.7Expected goals2.7
47Shot attempts48
36Faceoffs won22
4Power plays2
11Penalty minutes15
27Hits24
14Blocked shots13
5Giveaways6
6Takeaways5

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. bestCarter – Richards – Lewis4:22

    xG 0.35–0.07 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  2. Carter – Richards – Penner4:01

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan6:19

    xG 0.05–0.12 (28%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  4. Williams – Brown – Kopitar11:00

    xG 0.36–0.47 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllerby – Drewiske12:10

    xG 0.53–0.28 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  2. Scuderi – Voynov10:56

    xG 0.37–0.36 (51%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Muzzin – Doughty16:45

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows10:56

    xG 0.65–0.16 (80%)attempts 14–3goals 2–0

  2. Lapierre – Booth – Kassian9:26

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Sestito – Weise – Schroeder5:36

    xG 0.11–0.12 (47%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  4. Higgins – Lapierre – Hansen2:42

    xG 0.06–0.19 (22%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Garrison12:20

    xG 0.59–0.02 (97%)attempts 11–5goals 2–0

  2. Alberts – Tanev10:59

    xG 0.30–0.04 (89%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Tanev3:32

    xG 0.04–0.02 (63%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGLAK 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #271 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

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

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