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Wed, Feb 1, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Colorado Avalanche 0, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 91% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0601006022
LAK311016213540

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:47LAKMarian GaborikGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:15LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Jake Muzzin, Drew Doughty · Snap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:42LAKJeff CarterAssists: Devin Setoguchi · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 4:11LAKDustin BrownAssists: Nic Dowd, Kevin Gravel · Snap, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P3 10:46LAKDwight KingUnassisted · Backhand, 0.02 xG0–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:57LAKBrayden McNabb: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:57COLJohn Mitchell: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 1:57COLJohn Mitchell: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 1:57COLJohn Mitchell: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 4:20LAKMarian Gaborik: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 7:07COLNathan MacKinnon: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 4:11LAKDerek Forbort: Holding2 min
  8. P2 6:07LAKAnze Kopitar: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 2:10COLJoe Colborne: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 16:13LAKDevin Setoguchi: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLLAK
22Shots on goal40
1.6Expected goals4.5
56Shot attempts64
30Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
21Penalty minutes13
26Hits26
9Blocked shots16
4Giveaways7
1Takeaways1

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Nieto – Landeskog12:47

    xG 0.53–0.30 (64%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  2. Iginla – Comeau – Soderberg3:48

    xG 0.03–0.02 (55%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Comeau – Colborne2:28

    xG 0.01–0.01 (50%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Grigorenko – MacKinnon – Rantanen10:44

    xG 0.26–1.23 (17%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Barrie15:15

    xG 0.45–0.49 (47%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  2. Goloubef – Zadorov15:35

    xG 0.44–0.57 (44%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Wiercioch – Gelinas10:34

    xG 0.07–0.50 (12%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Brown – Kopitar10:33

    xG 0.83–0.18 (82%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. King – Nolan – Dowd3:45

    xG 0.41–0.14 (75%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Setoguchi – Pearson5:43

    xG 0.33–0.07 (83%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Carter – Brown – Pearson3:06

    xG 0.12–0.12 (49%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Forbort16:44

    xG 1.21–0.57 (68%)attempts 18–20goals 1–0

  2. McNabb – Gravel10:47

    xG 0.38–0.07 (83%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty16:45

    xG 0.42–0.47 (47%)attempts 13–15goals 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 4.5 xGCOL 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1201 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.46 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 91% of the time.

LAK winsCOL wins

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

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