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Thu, Apr 11, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Colorado Avalanche 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 70% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL04111112011228
LAK21506011053337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:27LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:14LAKMike RichardsAssists: Jake Muzzin, Dustin Penner · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:22COLPaul StastnyAssists: David Jones · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:05COLPatrick BordeleauAssists: Stefan Elliott · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Jeff Carter scored
  2. 2. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  3. 3. LAK Dustin Brown scored
  4. 4. COL PA Parenteau scored
  5. 5. LAK Anze Kopitar scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:03COLDavid Jones: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 4:52COLBrad Malone: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 10:37COLGreg Zanon: Charging2 min
  4. P2 3:37LAKSlava Voynov: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:36LAKJake Muzzin: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 11:55COLPaul Stastny: High sticking2 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 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLLAK
28Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals3.3
46Shot attempts71
25Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
50Hits34
17Blocked shots7
7Giveaways11
3Takeaways3

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. bestMcLeod – O'Reilly – Landeskog8:57

    xG 0.51–0.09 (85%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Van Der Gulik – Bordeleau – Malone4:42

    xG 0.41–0.02 (96%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  3. Parenteau – Mitchell – Duchene12:09

    xG 0.49–0.37 (57%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Stastny – McGinn9:07

    xG 0.29–0.36 (45%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Barrie2:14

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Barrie5:57

    xG 0.31–0.14 (70%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – Barrie9:16

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar11:43

    xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Richards – Penner10:47

    xG 0.60–0.44 (58%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  3. Stoll – Lewis – King11:30

    xG 0.29–0.23 (55%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Clifford – Nolan7:32

    xG 0.42–0.61 (41%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Doughty16:29

    xG 1.03–0.60 (63%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Ellerby10:03

    xG 0.20–0.36 (36%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Voynov17:34

    xG 0.48–0.65 (42%)attempts 15–14goals 0–2

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 3.3 xGCOL 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 71/100 · #220 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 70% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

Simulated goal difference (LAK − COL), 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).