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Thu, Mar 31, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 0, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY070806021
LAK0821516329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:46LAKJeff CarterPPGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:14LAKJeff CarterAssists: Milan Lucic, Brayden McNabb · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:38LAKAndy AndreoffAssists: Jeff Carter, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:35LAKDrew Doughty: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 0:35CGYJosh Jooris: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:02LAKLuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  4. P3 5:15CGYMikael Backlund: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:43CGYDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 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 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
21Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals2.8
41Shot attempts63
25Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
28Hits29
14Blocked shots8
9Giveaways9
3Takeaways1

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. bestGaudreau – Shinkaruk – Monahan12:29

    xG 0.81–0.42 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Ferland – Jooris – Bennett10:46

    xG 0.14–0.38 (28%)attempts 3–19goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Colborne – Bouma10:07

    xG 0.19–0.43 (30%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Grant – Bollig9:20

    xG 0.34–0.85 (29%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brodie – Nakladal2:31

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Jokipakka – Nakladal12:31

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Giordano14:40

    xG 0.27–0.46 (37%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Pearson12:21

    xG 0.50–0.05 (91%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Lucic – Toffoli11:15

    xG 0.78–0.54 (59%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Lewis – King8:40

    xG 0.19–0.18 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Clifford – Dowd – Andreoff5:36

    xG 0.04–0.39 (10%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Schenn13:56

    xG 1.34–0.45 (75%)attempts 22–10goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez15:53

    xG 0.57–0.48 (54%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – McNabb15:55

    xG 0.65–0.57 (53%)attempts 20–10goals 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.

LAK 2.8 xGCGY 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 5/100 · #1196 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 69% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

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

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