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Sat, Apr 5, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings 1, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 85% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0121707126
VAN01109220240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:32LAKSlava VoynovPPAssists: Jeff Carter, Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:06VANAlexander EdlerPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:37VANBrad RichardsonGWGAssists: Zack Kassian, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 8:10LAKMatt Greene: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 9:00VANKevin Bieksa: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 9:36LAKMike Richards: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:15VANFrank Corrado: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:42VANFrank Corrado: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:19LAKDustin Brown: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:38LAKJustin Williams: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 7:25LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 18:37LAKJonathan Quick: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Stoll
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKVAN
26Shots on goal40
1.8Expected goals4.1
55Shot attempts73
29Faceoffs won39
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
30Hits28
20Blocked shots12
7Giveaways5
6Takeaways12

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. bestGaborik – Williams – Kopitar10:21

    xG 0.55–0.27 (67%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Nolan7:29

    xG 0.13–0.17 (44%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Richards – Toffoli9:09

    xG 0.57–0.62 (48%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Brown – Pearson10:14

    xG 0.10–0.30 (26%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Voynov2:19

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Voynov3:18

    xG 0.16–0.09 (63%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Martinez13:11

    xG 0.57–0.56 (50%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHansen – Sestito – Matthias4:47

    xG 0.58–0.07 (89%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Higgins – Kesler – Hansen3:12

    xG 0.23–0.03 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Higgins – Jensen4:15

    xG 0.09–0.02 (82%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Higgins – Burrows – Kesler4:28

    xG 0.07–0.02 (79%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Garrison16:37

    xG 0.83–0.49 (63%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  2. Stanton – Corrado10:10

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Edler17:24

    xG 0.94–0.80 (54%)attempts 19–22goals 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.

VAN 4.1 xGLAK 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #720 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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 85% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).