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Tue, Feb 23, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 1, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 83% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0319011123
LAK01321707237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:41LAKLuke SchennAssists: Tanner Pearson, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:56CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: Jiri Hudler, Johnny Gaudreau · Tip-in, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:27LAKAnze KopitarPPGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:43CGYDeryk Engelland: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:30CGYJiri Hudler: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 11:48LAKJake Muzzin: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:58LAKNicholas Shore: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:58CGYMichael Frolik: Embellishment2 min
  6. P2 16:04CGYMark Giordano: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:40LAKTrevor Lewis: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 9:14CGYJoe Colborne: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bennett won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
23Shots on goal37
1.6Expected goals3.7
45Shot attempts62
35Faceoffs won37
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
24Hits23
9Blocked shots12
8Giveaways6
2Takeaways1

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Bouma – Bollig – Jooris5:46

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Colborne10:25

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – Gaudreau – Monahan11:19

    xG 0.29–0.52 (36%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Jones – Ferland – Bennett13:43

    xG 0.45–1.25 (26%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Engelland – Brodie2:21

    xG 0.08–0.06 (58%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton2:23

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Wotherspoon – Nakladal9:30

    xG 0.08–0.16 (33%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestClifford – Andreoff – Shore7:00

    xG 0.62–0.06 (92%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Lucic11:33

    xG 0.77–0.47 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Lewis – Pearson9:29

    xG 0.31–0.10 (75%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Lewis – Shore – Pearson2:20

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb11:07

    xG 0.67–0.13 (83%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Martinez – Schenn12:40

    xG 0.63–0.29 (68%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. McBain – Muzzin7:52

    xG 0.71–0.43 (62%)attempts 12–9goals 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.

LAK 3.7 xGCGY 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #839 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 83% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

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

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