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Sat, Dec 21, 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 82% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL0711116010225
LAK110116012011339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:28LAKJeff CarterAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:25LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Jarret Stoll, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:02COLErik JohnsonPPAssists: Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:27COLRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Matt Duchene, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  2. 2. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  3. 3. LAK Anze Kopitar scored
  4. 4. COL PA Parenteau stopped
  5. 5. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
  6. 6. COL Ryan O'Reilly stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:18LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:49COLJamie McGinn: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 12:48LAKJarret Stoll: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 18:20COLTyson Barrie: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:41LAKAlec Martinez: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 9:52LAKMike Richards: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLLAK
25Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals3.9
57Shot attempts72
25Faceoffs won39
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
30Hits37
13Blocked shots14
3Giveaways12
4Takeaways2

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. Parenteau – Stastny – Landeskog15:52

    xG 0.94–0.98 (49%)attempts 15–20goals 0–0

  2. Bordeleau – McLeod – Cliche5:11

    xG 0.02–0.20 (9%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Mitchell – McGinn12:35

    xG 0.19–0.57 (25%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  4. O'Reilly – Duchene – MacKinnon10:26

    xG 0.27–1.12 (20%)attempts 13–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Benoit15:08

    xG 0.43–0.21 (68%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson17:31

    xG 0.75–0.69 (52%)attempts 13–22goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Barrie11:12

    xG 0.07–1.21 (6%)attempts 5–17goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Stoll – Brown13:24

    xG 1.28–0.34 (79%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Kopitar – King11:41

    xG 1.10–0.66 (63%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  3. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan6:57

    xG 0.20–0.12 (62%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Lewis – Toffoli9:49

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty14:15

    xG 1.48–0.59 (71%)attempts 21–14goals 2–0

  2. Greene – Martinez11:23

    xG 0.30–0.27 (52%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Voynov16:25

    xG 0.38–0.59 (39%)attempts 16–14goals 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 3.9 xGCOL 1.9 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 65/100 · #352 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 82% 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).