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Sat, Apr 4, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Colorado Avalanche 1, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 77% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL031403110
LAK1911017326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:56LAKDwight KingAssists: Jeff Carter, Robyn Regehr · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:12COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:09LAKAlec MartinezGWGAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:04LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Anze Kopitar, Robyn Regehr · Snap, 0.02 xG1–3
Penalties (1)
  1. P1 4:31LAKJustin Williams: Slashing2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLLAK
10Shots on goal26
1.3Expected goals2.7
32Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won20
1Power plays0
0Penalty minutes2
35Hits28
13Blocked shots15
7Giveaways16
3Takeaways3

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Tanguay – O'Reilly – Landeskog14:35

    xG 0.51–0.46 (52%)attempts 7–17goals 1–1

  2. Caron – Hishon – Hamilton6:40

    xG 0.03–0.07 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Mitchell – Duchene15:06

    xG 0.54–0.60 (48%)attempts 8–14goals 0–2

  4. McLeod – Cliche – Everberg11:14

    xG 0.04–0.74 (6%)attempts 3–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRedmond – Barrie2:58

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Redmond10:04

    xG 0.29–0.25 (53%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  3. Hejda – Holden3:03

    xG 0.15–0.22 (40%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Williams – Kopitar13:50

    xG 0.61–0.08 (88%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Stoll – Brown – Lewis11:48

    xG 0.44–0.03 (94%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  3. Carter – King – Toffoli11:43

    xG 1.07–0.85 (56%)attempts 18–7goals 2–1

  4. Clifford – Nolan – Shore10:12

    xG 0.27–0.14 (66%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty20:46

    xG 1.05–0.33 (76%)attempts 21–7goals 0–0

  2. Greene – McNabb14:58

    xG 0.69–0.08 (90%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Martinez16:32

    xG 0.80–0.70 (53%)attempts 23–7goals 2–1

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.

LAK 2.7 xGCOL 1.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #981 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 77% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

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

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