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Sat, Jan 17, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 55% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA01011315031331
LAK0102707040228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:54LAKAlec MartinezAssists: Jeff Schultz, Kyle Clifford · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:19ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Patrick Maroon, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:27LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Marian Gaborik, Jake Muzzin · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:52ANASami VatanenPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Patrick Maroon · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  2. 2. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  3. 3. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  4. 4. ANA Jakob Silfverberg scored
  5. 5. LAK Marian Gaborik stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:26LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:26ANATim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:09LAKJarret Stoll: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 19:11ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:46ANAJakob Silfverberg: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:25LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
31Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals2.6
58Shot attempts62
39Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
32Hits45
15Blocked shots12
8Giveaways18
3Takeaways1

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 – Maroon12:25

    xG 1.48–0.28 (84%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell8:18

    xG 0.59–0.12 (83%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Beleskey – Smith-Pelly2:15

    xG 0.06–0.01 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Beleskey – Palmieri9:43

    xG 0.17–0.19 (48%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Vatanen14:59

    xG 1.13–0.41 (74%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm17:23

    xG 0.72–0.56 (57%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fowler15:17

    xG 0.55–0.90 (38%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Clifford – Nolan8:15

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Gaborik – Williams – Kopitar11:44

    xG 0.90–0.85 (51%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Stoll – Brown – Lewis12:31

    xG 0.48–0.72 (40%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  4. Carter – King – Shore8:20

    xG 0.07–0.40 (15%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty20:14

    xG 1.27–1.13 (53%)attempts 24–16goals 0–1

  2. Greene – McNabb10:33

    xG 0.32–0.43 (43%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Martinez16:03

    xG 0.35–0.82 (30%)attempts 10–17goals 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 2.6 xGANA 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 70/100 · #320 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 55% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (LAK − ANA), 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).