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Sun, Feb 28, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 80% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11217010229
ANA1111929429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:48ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Sami Vatanen, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:01LAKAlec MartinezPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:52LAKTanner PearsonUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:57ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:27ANACorey PerryGWGAssists: Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:53ANADavid PerronPPAssists: Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:44ANANate Thompson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:41ANACorey Perry: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 6:41LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  4. P1 6:41LAKAlec Martinez: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 8:39ANADavid Perron: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P1 8:39LAKJonathan Quick: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P1 16:22LAKNicholas Shore: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P1 18:37ANASimon Despres: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 3:51LAKTrevor Lewis: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 15:22ANAJakob Silfverberg: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 16:26LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 5:47LAKTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 min · PPG
  13. P3 7:44ANARyan Kesler: 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.

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
29Shots on goal29
2.1Expected goals4.0
60Shot attempts68
23Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
14Penalty minutes12
35Hits41
17Blocked shots18
12Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

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. bestLecavalier – Lewis – Pearson2:45

    xG 0.19–0.05 (80%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Lucic – Clifford2:29

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Lucic – Toffoli2:50

    xG 0.13–0.07 (65%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Carter – King – Toffoli2:14

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb3:52

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty15:17

    xG 0.57–0.64 (47%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – McNabb8:51

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Rakell – Ritchie9:00

    xG 0.66–0.23 (74%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perron – Garbutt7:24

    xG 0.42–0.04 (91%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Santorelli – Perron3:09

    xG 0.15–0.03 (84%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Santorelli – Maroon3:16

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm13:03

    xG 0.32–0.06 (85%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Despres – Vatanen13:38

    xG 0.81–0.59 (58%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  3. Bieksa – Fowler17:11

    xG 0.46–0.42 (52%)attempts 18–17goals 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.

ANA 4.0 xGLAK 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 56/100 · #529 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 80% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).