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Wed, Nov 12, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 5, Anaheim Ducks 6 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 84% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK2517213011526
ANA015216314042649

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:21LAKAnze KopitarUnassisted · Backhand, 0.37 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:11LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Jake Muzzin, Jeff Carter · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:07ANACam FowlerAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:20LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Kyle Clifford, Brayden McNabb · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:43ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Ryan Kesler, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:35ANARyan KeslerAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Matt Beleskey · Slap, 0.30 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:32LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Drew Doughty, Jake Muzzin · Snap, 0.04 xG4–3
  8. P3 11:01LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Alec Martinez, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–3
  9. P3 14:20ANARyan KeslerAssists: Sami Vatanen, Hampus Lindholm · Backhand, 0.08 xG5–4
  10. P3 18:21ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Devante Smith-Pelly, Sami Vatanen · Tip-in, 0.08 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Marian Gaborik scored
  2. 2. ANA Jakob Silfverberg scored
  3. 3. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  4. 4. ANA Ryan Kesler scored
  5. 5. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:21ANASami Vatanen: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  2. P1 10:02LAKMatt Greene: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:38LAKJake Muzzin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:02ANAJosh Manson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 7:48ANABryan Allen: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
26Shots on goal49
1.9Expected goals4.1
49Shot attempts88
30Faceoffs won35
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
36Hits44
20Blocked shots10
12Giveaways10
7Takeaways13

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. Stoll – Carter – Lewis5:26

    xG 0.20–0.17 (53%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Stoll – Lewis – Clifford2:45

    xG 0.01–0.08 (14%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Gaborik – Williams – Kopitar14:46

    xG 0.54–0.66 (45%)attempts 15–11goals 2–2

  4. Brown – Richards – King10:15

    xG 0.22–0.48 (31%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Doughty – McNabb2:06

    xG 0.04–0.02 (73%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty16:36

    xG 0.51–0.88 (37%)attempts 14–20goals 2–2

  3. McBain – McNabb9:34

    xG 0.33–0.71 (32%)attempts 11–12goals 1–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Smith-Pelly – Etem12:07

    xG 1.07–0.16 (87%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Kesler – Beleskey – Silfverberg15:04

    xG 0.66–0.19 (78%)attempts 17–10goals 3–0

  3. Cogliano – Karlsson – Rakell9:24

    xG 0.89–0.49 (65%)attempts 19–8goals 1–2

  4. Getzlaf – Maroon – Etem2:20

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:49

    xG 1.32–0.49 (73%)attempts 27–9goals 1–2

  2. Stoner – Fowler15:41

    xG 0.72–0.51 (59%)attempts 20–17goals 1–1

  3. Allen – Vatanen13:32

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

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.

ANA 4.1 xGLAK 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANALAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #9 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.90 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 84% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

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