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Tue, Feb 28, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 1, Calgary Flames 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK1110601200129
CGY081130811230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:42LAKTanner PearsonPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:44CGYMicheal FerlandAssists: Mark Giordano · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:47CGYTJ BrodieGWGAssists: Mikael Backlund · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:06CGYMatt Stajan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:42LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:06LAKAndy Andreoff: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 14:03CGYTroy Brouwer: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 14:03LAKBrayden McNabb: Fighting5 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 SOG0CGY
44% to win56% to win
← LAK attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
29Shots on goal30
2.3Expected goals1.8
65Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won37
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
13Hits23
9Blocked shots24
7Giveaways12
3Takeaways7

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. bestGaborik – Kopitar – Lewis15:30

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson11:49

    xG 0.13–0.06 (67%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Dowd – Andreoff8:05

    xG 0.11–0.11 (49%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Brown – King – Shore13:31

    xG 0.47–0.66 (42%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Martinez – McNabb12:44

    xG 0.18–0.16 (52%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – LaDue16:00

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 19–14goals 0–1

  3. Doughty – Forbort21:35

    xG 0.44–0.53 (46%)attempts 18–19goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk13:26

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  2. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan14:12

    xG 0.43–0.34 (56%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  3. Stajan – Bouma – Chiasson9:01

    xG 0.04–0.22 (14%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Versteeg – Brouwer – Bennett11:33

    xG 0.09–0.34 (21%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton18:36

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 22–15goals 1–0

  2. Stone – Brodie21:09

    xG 0.42–0.36 (54%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Bartkowski13:10

    xG 0.20–0.58 (26%)attempts 7–20goals 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.

CGY 1.8 xGLAK 2.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #977 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 60% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

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

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