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Sat, Nov 5, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 0, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 67% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0507012024
LAK21521519539

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:01LAKJeff CarterGWGAssists: Dwight King · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:46LAKDevin SetoguchiAssists: Nic Dowd, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:11LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Nicholas Shore · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:09LAKDevin SetoguchiAssists: Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–4
  5. P3 1:12LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:31CGYNicklas Grossmann: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:13CGYDougie Hamilton: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 11:16LAKJake Muzzin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 16:57CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Elbowing2 min
  5. P3 7:01LAKDustin Brown: Holding2 min
  6. P3 16:55LAKDrew 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
44% to win56% 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
24Shots on goal39
2.1Expected goals3.1
53Shot attempts68
33Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
27Hits24
13Blocked shots11
11Giveaways8
0Takeaways0

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. bestChiasson – Ferland – Monahan7:57

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Hamilton – Ferland3:40

    xG 0.06–0.19 (23%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk11:01

    xG 0.60–0.77 (44%)attempts 14–10goals 0–2

  4. Stajan – Bouma – Hamilton4:46

    xG 0.08–0.26 (24%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Engelland – Kulak15:42

    xG 0.65–0.65 (50%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie14:03

    xG 0.59–0.78 (43%)attempts 13–17goals 0–2

  3. Grossmann – Hamilton11:10

    xG 0.26–0.61 (30%)attempts 10–11goals 0–3

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Setoguchi – Dowd10:39

    xG 0.62–0.36 (63%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Shore7:19

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Kopitar – Purcell – Pearson10:37

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Carter – King – Toffoli12:10

    xG 0.42–0.60 (42%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez17:53

    xG 0.95–0.47 (67%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Gravel12:23

    xG 0.59–0.39 (60%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Forbort15:53

    xG 0.72–0.70 (50%)attempts 15–14goals 3–0

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 3.1 xGCGY 2.1 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 3/100 · #1179 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (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 67% 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).