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Fri, Feb 27, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 80% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1101507222
ANA01101249432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:02LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Robyn Regehr, Matt Greene · Snap, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:39LAKBrayden McNabbAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:37ANARyan KeslerAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:07ANAEmerson EtemAssists: Rickard Rakell, Jiri Sekac · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:21ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:36ANACorey PerryENAssists: Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.55 xG2–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 11:55ANAJosh Manson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P3 16:05LAKJeff Carter: High sticking2 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 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
22Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals3.6
57Shot attempts53
27Faceoffs won37
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
25Hits52
8Blocked shots18
9Giveaways12
3Takeaways8

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. bestStoll – Brown – Lewis2:28

    xG 0.22–0.05 (82%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  2. Carter – King – Toffoli12:04

    xG 0.80–0.74 (52%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  3. Clifford – Nolan – Shore9:03

    xG 0.24–0.31 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar11:53

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty23:18

    xG 1.13–0.62 (64%)attempts 28–11goals 1–1

  2. Sekera – McNabb2:40

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Greene – McNabb9:42

    xG 0.22–0.69 (24%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestEtem – Rakell – Sekac12:47

    xG 1.06–0.30 (78%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg13:51

    xG 0.43–0.14 (76%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. Jackman – Maroon – Wagner8:45

    xG 0.14–0.20 (42%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Palmieri15:23

    xG 0.59–1.11 (34%)attempts 11–23goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Manson13:50

    xG 0.94–0.09 (92%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Stoner – Fowler2:30

    xG 0.22–0.16 (59%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fowler12:50

    xG 0.32–0.32 (50%)attempts 9–13goals 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.

ANA 3.6 xGLAK 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #379 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 80% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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