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Sat, Mar 15, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 2, Los Angeles Kings 1

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
ANA171805220
LAK01311609138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:01ANATim JackmanAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Matt Beleskey · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:21LAKTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Jarret Stoll, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:12ANAPatrick MaroonGWGAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:20ANATim Jackman: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:06LAKJarret Stoll: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:42ANAHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:03LAKRobyn Regehr: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 0:00LAKTanner Pearson: Interference2 min
  6. P1 0:00ANABryan Allen: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:59ANABen Lovejoy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:27LAKDwight King: 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
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
20Shots on goal38
2.6Expected goals3.5
40Shot attempts68
35Faceoffs won40
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
28Hits32
17Blocked shots6
16Giveaways10
4Takeaways3

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. bestJackman – Beleskey – Perreault5:10

    xG 0.64–0.16 (81%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano12:25

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey2:28

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Silfverberg10:36

    xG 0.31–0.53 (37%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Sbisa16:23

    xG 0.92–0.49 (65%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Lovejoy – Lindholm12:44

    xG 0.34–0.46 (43%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  3. Allen – Fistric11:37

    xG 0.71–1.05 (40%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Richards – Lewis2:33

    xG 0.49–0.23 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Richards – King5:25

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Toffoli – Pearson8:42

    xG 0.37–0.36 (50%)attempts 13–4goals 0–1

  4. Lewis – Clifford – Nolan4:42

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Martinez12:35

    xG 1.14–0.29 (80%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Doughty2:20

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Voynov11:21

    xG 0.50–0.46 (52%)attempts 13–8goals 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 3.5 xGANA 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #958 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).