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Thu, Apr 6, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 4, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 62% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1731007424
LAK1110908128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:57CGYSam BennettPPAssists: Mikael Backlund, Mark Giordano · Slap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:13LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Jeff Carter, Derek Forbort · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:12CGYDennis WidemanGWGAssists: Micheal Ferland, Deryk Engelland · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:45CGYFreddie HamiltonAssists: Troy Brouwer, Curtis Lazar · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:20CGYAlex ChiassonAssists: TJ Brodie, Kris Versteeg · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:08LAKAnze Kopitar: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:53CGYDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min
  3. P2 1:03CGYDennis Wideman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 17:04CGYMichael Frolik: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 18:39LAKDerek Forbort: Cross checking2 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 20:00Lazar won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
24Shots on goal28
2.3Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won35
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
12Hits22
11Blocked shots19
6Giveaways12
2Takeaways2

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. bestVersteeg – Chiasson – Bennett10:19

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 1–1

  2. Brouwer – Hamilton – Lazar10:29

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  3. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan11:12

    xG 0.37–0.67 (36%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk12:24

    xG 0.32–0.76 (30%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton16:02

    xG 0.41–0.28 (59%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  2. Engelland – Bartkowski15:46

    xG 0.78–0.86 (48%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Brodie14:15

    xG 0.21–1.15 (16%)attempts 7–25goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Kopitar – Pearson10:47

    xG 0.86–0.39 (69%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  2. Shore – Brodzinski – Kempe2:19

    xG 0.44–0.02 (95%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Dowd – Toffoli – Andreoff9:21

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Brown – Lewis3:48

    xG 0.11–0.13 (47%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Gravel15:13

    xG 0.99–0.22 (82%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  2. Doughty – Forbort16:30

    xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  3. Muzzin – Martinez14:00

    xG 0.76–0.54 (58%)attempts 11–15goals 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 3.0 xGCGY 2.3 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 28/100 · #853 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 62% 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).