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Mon, Mar 7, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Vancouver Canucks 1, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 63% of the time.

LAK winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0611006122
LAK01121038529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:39VANDan HamhuisAssists: Linden Vey, Daniel Sedin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:07LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Rob Scuderi, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:06LAKAnze KopitarPPGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:39LAKJeff CarterAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:18LAKVincent LecavalierAssists: Alec Martinez · Slap, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P3 16:03LAKJeff CarterENAssists: Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.75 xG1–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:47LAKLuke Schenn: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:56LAKJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:56VANAlexandre Burrows: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 4:59LAKBrayden McNabb: Interference2 min
  5. P2 10:51VANAlexandre Burrows: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:24LAKTrevor Lewis: Elbowing2 min
  7. P2 17:03LAKBrayden McNabb: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 18:33VANRadim Vrbata: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 11:56LAKBrayden McNabb: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 11:56VANDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 12:49LAKDrew Doughty: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANLAK
22Shots on goal29
2.5Expected goals3.2
56Shot attempts54
22Faceoffs won29
5Power plays2
11Penalty minutes17
28Hits25
8Blocked shots18
4Giveaways6
2Takeaways5

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Vey – Etem10:09

    xG 0.29–0.18 (62%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  2. Granlund – Baertschi – Virtanen7:17

    xG 0.50–0.40 (55%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Dorsett – Gaunce – Horvat5:32

    xG 0.14–0.09 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Burrows – McCann6:11

    xG 0.13–0.32 (30%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Weber14:11

    xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

  2. Biega – Bartkowski12:37

    xG 0.41–0.58 (42%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Sbisa – Hutton13:37

    xG 0.28–0.64 (31%)attempts 7–14goals 0–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Lewis – King9:16

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Kopitar – Lucic10:59

    xG 0.55–0.52 (51%)attempts 9–16goals 2–0

  3. Lecavalier – Toffoli – Pearson10:12

    xG 0.34–0.38 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Versteeg – Clifford – Shore7:53

    xG 0.15–0.33 (32%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb2:26

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez10:29

    xG 0.48–0.40 (54%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Doughty16:21

    xG 0.43–0.42 (51%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

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 3.2 xGVAN 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #772 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 63% of the time.

LAK winsVAN wins

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

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