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Mon, Apr 4, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings 2, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

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

VAN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11319020242
VAN1621206324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:00LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Jeff Carter, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:47VANEmerson EtemAssists: Derek Dorsett, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:15LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Andy Andreoff · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:22VANJannik HansenPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:27VANJared McCannGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:29VANJannik Hansen: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:51LAKAndy Andreoff: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:54LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:30LAKVincent Lecavalier: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:20LAKBrayden McNabb: Illegal check to head2 min
  6. P3 0:37VANDan Hamhuis: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 0:37LAKJonathan Quick: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 15:15VANNikita Tryamkin: Holding2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKVAN
42Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals1.9
71Shot attempts38
36Faceoffs won21
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
26Hits20
8Blocked shots19
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways3

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. bestCarter – Lucic – Toffoli8:54

    xG 0.64–0.16 (80%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Andreoff3:31

    xG 0.22–0.03 (88%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Carter – King – Toffoli4:03

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Lucic – Pearson2:08

    xG 0.11–0.05 (68%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – McBain10:24

    xG 0.56–0.10 (85%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – McNabb15:11

    xG 0.88–0.53 (63%)attempts 22–10goals 1–1

  3. Scuderi – Doughty2:19

    xG 0.01–0.01 (52%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestDorsett – Etem – Horvat9:06

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen11:49

    xG 0.54–0.48 (53%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  3. Granlund – Virtanen – McCann8:28

    xG 0.31–0.47 (40%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Hutton2:00

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Biega – Bartkowski9:33

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 6–7goals 2–0

  3. Hutton – Tryamkin9:15

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 2–13goals 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.

VAN 1.9 xGLAK 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #495 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50VAN 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, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+4
+5
+6
+7

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