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Sat, Oct 22, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Vancouver Canucks 3, Los Angeles Kings 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 77% of the time.

LAK winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN072919000325
LAK21311005031431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:35LAKBrayden McNabbAssists: Dustin Brown, Nic Dowd · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:24LAKTanner PearsonPPAssists: Dustin Brown, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:33LAKDustin BrownSHAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:40VANMarkus GranlundAssists: Jannik Hansen, Brandon Sutter · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:57VANHenrik SedinPPAssists: Philip Larsen, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:25VANAlexander EdlerPPAssists: Philip Larsen, Henrik Sedin · Snap, 0.02 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  2. 2. VAN Sven Baertschi stopped
  3. 3. LAK Tanner Pearson scored
  4. 4. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  5. 5. LAK Devin Setoguchi stopped
  6. 6. VAN Brandon Sutter stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:06LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:06VANDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:06LAKAndy Andreoff: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 15:52VANAlexandre Burrows: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 18:11VANAlexandre Burrows: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P1 19:31LAKBrayden McNabb: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 14:51LAKJake Muzzin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 7:49LAKDerek Forbort: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:14LAKNicholas Shore: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 18:12LAKBrayden McNabb: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  11. OT 3:44VANBen Hutton: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
44% to win56% to win
← VAN attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANLAK
25Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals3.7
45Shot attempts74
29Faceoffs won39
6Power plays3
11Penalty minutes17
20Hits31
21Blocked shots8
5Giveaways10
3Takeaways8

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. bestHansen – Sutter – Granlund8:28

    xG 0.55–0.25 (68%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Baertschi9:17

    xG 0.29–0.18 (62%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  3. Eriksson – Horvat – Virtanen8:06

    xG 0.12–0.11 (54%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Dorsett – Gaunce3:54

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev9:50

    xG 0.41–0.08 (83%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Hutton13:30

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Sbisa – Larsen3:47

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. Lewis – Clifford – Shore7:53

    xG 0.18–0.18 (49%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Dowd – Andreoff7:56

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Kopitar – King – Toffoli12:13

    xG 0.22–0.40 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Carter – Setoguchi – Pearson10:46

    xG 0.29–0.56 (34%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb17:43

    xG 0.71–0.40 (64%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez14:23

    xG 0.51–0.28 (64%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty3:16

    xG 0.06–0.20 (23%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

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 3.7 xGVAN 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 87/100 · #134 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 77% of the time.

LAK winsVAN wins

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

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