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Thu, Apr 9, 2015·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 1, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 56% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK08012114134
CGY2150416325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:15CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Jiri Hudler, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:28CGYJiri HudlerGWGAssists: Mason Raymond, Dennis Wideman · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:00LAKJordan NolanAssists: Alec Martinez, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:10CGYJiri HudlerENAssists: Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.58 xG1–3
Penalties (1)
  1. P1 15:14LAKTrevor Lewis: Hooking2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
34Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals2.3
69Shot attempts41
31Faceoffs won29
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
28Hits28
7Blocked shots24
11Giveaways16
5Takeaways28

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. bestGaborik – Williams – Kopitar15:44

    xG 0.65–0.29 (69%)attempts 21–6goals 0–1

  2. Richards – Clifford – Nolan10:03

    xG 0.56–0.28 (67%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  3. Stoll – Brown – Lewis11:48

    xG 0.44–0.22 (67%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  4. Carter – King – Toffoli14:40

    xG 0.20–0.65 (23%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb15:46

    xG 0.48–0.21 (69%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Muzzin8:49

    xG 0.41–0.22 (66%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty10:15

    xG 0.29–0.19 (61%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Jones – Ferland11:39

    xG 0.41–0.09 (82%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Gaudreau – Monahan12:54

    xG 0.51–0.42 (55%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  3. Raymond – Backlund – Colborne9:09

    xG 0.20–0.17 (53%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Bollig – Granlund – Jooris7:08

    xG 0.11–0.56 (16%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Russell24:07

    xG 1.02–0.70 (59%)attempts 20–26goals 1–0

  2. Potter – Schlemko2:00

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Schlemko – Brodie2:52

    xG 0.08–0.24 (26%)attempts 3–5goals 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.

CGY 2.3 xGLAK 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1006 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 56% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

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

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