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Sun, Jan 17, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 62% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0731207326
ANA05111116232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:57LAKVincent LecavalierPPAssists: Jeff Carter, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:30ANARickard RakellAssists: Shea Theodore, Kevin Bieksa · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:44LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jake Muzzin · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:40LAKAnze KopitarGWGAssists: Brayden McNabb, Milan Lucic · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:33ANADavid PerronAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:06LAKDwight King: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:58LAKDustin Brown: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 18:48LAKBrayden McNabb: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:48ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 19:25ANAChris Stewart: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 8:17LAKLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 8:17ANAChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 8:40LAKJake Muzzin: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 19:40ANAJohn Gibson: Delaying game2 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
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
26Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts66
36Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
16Penalty minutes14
30Hits39
15Blocked shots14
19Giveaways16
7Takeaways3

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. bestKopitar – Lucic – Toffoli15:57

    xG 0.90–0.22 (81%)attempts 15–13goals 2–0

  2. Lecavalier – Gaborik – Brown11:49

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Nolan – Andreoff – Pearson6:00

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Lewis – King11:42

    xG 0.19–0.45 (29%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. McBain – Muzzin8:40

    xG 0.34–0.29 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  2. Muzzin – Doughty8:29

    xG 0.13–0.23 (35%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Schenn16:45

    xG 0.46–0.56 (45%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Rakell7:06

    xG 0.53–0.11 (83%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg3:44

    xG 0.28–0.00 (99%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Stewart – Perron5:38

    xG 0.18–0.01 (94%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  4. Horcoff – Thompson – Cogliano7:49

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Theodore10:01

    xG 0.63–0.13 (83%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm12:56

    xG 0.51–0.25 (67%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Holzer – Vatanen5:41

    xG 0.21–0.09 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 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.

ANA 2.9 xGLAK 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #627 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 62% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

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