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Tue, Nov 14, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Vancouver Canucks 3, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

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

LAK winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01121115327
LAK21007015232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:23LAKTanner PearsonUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:14LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Dustin Brown, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:10VANHenrik SedinAssists: Loui Eriksson, Derrick Pouliot · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:00VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Brock Boeser, Henrik Sedin · Backhand, 0.33 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:07VANSven BaertschiPPGWGAssists: Thomas Vanek, Derrick Pouliot · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:24LAKAndy Andreoff: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:24VANDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 1:15VANBrendan Gaunce: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 5:18VANBrock Boeser: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 12:58LAKAlec Martinez: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 19:02VANBrock Boeser: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 8:51LAKAlex Iafallo: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 14:36LAKDerek Forbort: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  9. P2 19:01VANBrendan Gaunce: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 2:18LAKAndrew Crescenzi: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 12:29VANAlexander Edler: Boarding2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Kempe
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANLAK
27Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals3.5
43Shot attempts57
34Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
15Penalty minutes11
20Hits19
10Blocked shots7
10Giveaways11
2Takeaways1

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Eriksson9:23

    xG 0.46–0.11 (81%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Vanek – Gagner – Granlund7:20

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Dorsett – Sutter – Gaunce9:14

    xG 0.15–0.30 (32%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser9:43

    xG 0.25–0.68 (27%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Pouliot12:16

    xG 0.29–0.11 (72%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Gudbranson – Hutton13:30

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Del Zotto12:46

    xG 0.55–0.83 (40%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Pearson – Kempe5:26

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo3:48

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Andreoff – Shore10:24

    xG 0.28–0.38 (42%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Laich – Crescenzi – Amadio5:20

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty3:54

    xG 0.22–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Martinez – Doughty2:08

    xG 0.22–0.03 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Folin3:14

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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 3.5 xGVAN 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #455 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 winsVAN wins

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

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