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Mon, Apr 6, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings 1, Vancouver Canucks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 50% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK115010010020137
VAN01408112041238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:13LAKDwight KingAssists: Jeff Carter, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:54VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexander Edler · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Nick Bonino stopped
  2. 2. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  3. 3. VAN Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  5. 5. VAN Chris Higgins scored
  6. 6. LAK Marian Gaborik stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:52VANYannick Weber: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:37LAKJarret Stoll: Interference2 min
  3. P2 4:31VANRadim Vrbata: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 9:57LAKDrew Doughty: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 7:34LAKMatt Greene: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKVAN
37Shots on goal38
2.2Expected goals2.2
58Shot attempts63
42Faceoffs won35
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits18
15Blocked shots12
6Giveaways7
3Takeaways7

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. bestCarter – King – Toffoli11:32

    xG 0.54–0.10 (84%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Gaborik – Williams – Kopitar13:25

    xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Brown – Lewis8:46

    xG 0.41–0.43 (49%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Clifford – Nolan – Shore7:28

    xG 0.10–0.14 (41%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – McNabb12:27

    xG 0.62–0.27 (70%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Regehr – Martinez13:54

    xG 0.61–0.49 (56%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Doughty2:23

    xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows12:37

    xG 0.50–0.22 (70%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Hansen – Dorsett – Horvat2:50

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Dorsett – Matthias – Vey6:46

    xG 0.04–0.29 (14%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Hansen – Horvat – Kenins8:14

    xG 0.18–0.50 (26%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Sbisa14:22

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Weber13:45

    xG 0.44–0.72 (38%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Tanev16:23

    xG 0.12–0.56 (17%)attempts 10–14goals 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.

VAN 2.2 xGLAK 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 39/100 · #700 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 50% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).