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Sat, Apr 13, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 1, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 66% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0118011120
LAK161309218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:10LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Trevor Lewis, Jarret Stoll · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:07ANARyan GetzlafSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:02LAKMike RichardsPPGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:29ANARadek Dvorak: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:26ANADaniel Winnik: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 5:27ANABen Lovejoy: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 18:39ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P3 17:05LAKDrew Doughty: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 19:46ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 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 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
20Shots on goal18
1.7Expected goals2.5
38Shot attempts57
16Faceoffs won28
1Power plays6
12Penalty minutes2
40Hits28
17Blocked shots6
13Giveaways16
5Takeaways4

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 – Palmieri10:09

    xG 0.46–0.06 (88%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Cogliano – Etem2:49

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Steckel – Beleskey – Palmieri2:19

    xG 0.06–0.01 (82%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Ryan2:13

    xG 0.03–0.07 (27%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Lovejoy13:40

    xG 0.50–0.23 (68%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Allen – Sbisa16:21

    xG 0.31–0.63 (33%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Souray – Beauchemin15:04

    xG 0.57–1.32 (30%)attempts 13–22goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestStoll – Lewis – King11:11

    xG 0.55–0.05 (91%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Brown – Kopitar13:00

    xG 0.56–0.43 (57%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Richards – Penner9:02

    xG 0.13–0.17 (44%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Clifford – Nolan6:48

    xG 0.30–0.66 (31%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Ellerby9:11

    xG 0.89–0.28 (76%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Scuderi – Voynov17:53

    xG 0.74–0.58 (56%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Doughty17:58

    xG 0.26–0.48 (36%)attempts 9–14goals 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 2.5 xGANA 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #507 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 66% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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