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Thu, Apr 7, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 1, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 79% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA150708120
LAK0921507231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:11ANARyan KeslerAssists: Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:28LAKMilan LucicAssists: Tanner Pearson, Anze Kopitar · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:01LAKKris VersteegGWGAssists: Brayden McNabb, Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 2:05LAKKyle Clifford: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 2:05ANAChris Stewart: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 12:31LAKLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 12:31ANACorey Perry: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P1 12:31LAKJonathan Quick: Interference2 min
  6. P1 12:31ANAKorbinian Holzer: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 14:28LAKDustin Brown: Interference2 min
  8. P1 15:05ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 1:08LAKLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 1:08ANARyan Getzlaf: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 4:13LAKKris Versteeg: Interference2 min
  12. P2 6:20ANAShawn Horcoff: Holding the stick2 min
  13. P2 9:06ANAChris Wagner: Elbowing2 min
  14. P2 18:52LAKAndy Andreoff: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
20Shots on goal31
1.8Expected goals3.5
44Shot attempts66
34Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
17Penalty minutes17
34Hits32
17Blocked shots14
5Giveaways10
1Takeaways3

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Garbutt3:23

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – McGinn – Wagner2:06

    xG 0.09–0.01 (87%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Thompson – McGinn2:02

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Wagner – Garbutt4:41

    xG 0.02–0.10 (15%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manson – Lindholm15:29

    xG 0.42–0.50 (46%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Despres8:37

    xG 0.09–0.29 (24%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Despres – Fowler3:33

    xG 0.04–0.25 (14%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestVersteeg – Clifford – Andreoff6:40

    xG 1.06–0.06 (95%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Brown – Toffoli11:34

    xG 0.67–0.19 (78%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Lucic – Pearson9:51

    xG 0.51–0.07 (88%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  4. Lecavalier – Lewis – King9:49

    xG 0.08–0.15 (33%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb15:10

    xG 1.55–0.16 (91%)attempts 23–7goals 2–0

  2. Scuderi – McBain8:29

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. McBain – Muzzin2:27

    xG 0.18–0.02 (91%)attempts 7–1goals 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 3.5 xGANA 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #884 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 79% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
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+5
+6
+7

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