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Sun, Mar 19, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 2, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 75% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1511006221
CGY282917524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:15CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:36CGYMichael StoneAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:40LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Dustin Brown, Jarome Iginla · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:47CGYMark GiordanoGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 1:37CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Sean Monahan, TJ Brodie · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P2 5:31LAKNic DowdAssists: Paul LaDue, Jake Muzzin · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:35CGYKris VersteegENAssists: Curtis Lazar · Slap, 0.56 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 19:41LAKDerek Forbort: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 19:41CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:54LAKNic Dowd: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 7:26LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:00CGYDougie Hamilton: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 13:20CGYDeryk Engelland: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 16:18CGYMatt Bartkowski: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:54LAKKyle Clifford: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
44% to win56% to win
← LAK attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
21Shots on goal24
1.7Expected goals3.0
47Shot attempts49
23Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
12Hits20
15Blocked shots13
8Giveaways11
13Takeaways7

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. Clifford – Dowd – Andreoff9:18

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Gaborik – Lewis – Kempe6:15

    xG 0.01–0.06 (10%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  3. Iginla – Brown – Kopitar11:07

    xG 0.25–0.30 (45%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  4. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson8:26

    xG 0.09–0.28 (24%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort15:51

    xG 0.73–0.54 (58%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – LaDue9:27

    xG 0.18–0.07 (71%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez2:03

    xG 0.11–0.02 (82%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk9:23

    xG 0.29–0.10 (75%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Bouma – Lazar – Bennett7:36

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Versteeg – Brouwer11:56

    xG 0.17–0.28 (37%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Chiasson – Gaudreau – Monahan9:50

    xG 0.22–0.50 (31%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton13:17

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Bartkowski14:09

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 9–9goals 1–2

  3. Stone – Brodie14:18

    xG 0.52–0.80 (39%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

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 3.0 xGLAK 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 51/100 · #548 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 75% 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).