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Sat, Nov 25, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 1, Los Angeles Kings 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA1708010011126
LAK01109112022234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:08ANANick RitchieAssists: Corey Perry, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:28LAKDustin BrownAssists: Trevor Lewis, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Jussi Jokinen stopped
  2. 2. ANA Corey Perry scored
  3. 3. LAK Jonny Brodzinski stopped
  4. 4. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  5. 5. LAK Anze Kopitar scored
  6. 6. ANA Cam Fowler stopped
  7. 7. LAK Trevor Lewis scored
  8. 8. ANA Kevin Roy stopped
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:53LAKKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:53ANAMike Liambas: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:40ANAAndrew Cogliano: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 4:40LAKOscar Fantenberg: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 7:41ANAChris Wagner: Interference2 min
  6. P1 9:25LAKAndy Andreoff: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 9:25ANAKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 15:18ANAJosh Manson: Holding2 min
  9. P2 17:20LAKKurtis MacDermid: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 19:38ANACam Fowler: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 6:57LAKJonny Brodzinski: Too many men on the ice2 min
  12. OT 2:52ANABrandon Montour: High sticking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
26Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals2.2
46Shot attempts72
34Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
23Penalty minutes19
37Hits30
19Blocked shots5
10Giveaways13
2Takeaways4

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestCogliano – Silfverberg – Wagner12:02

    xG 0.97–0.06 (94%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Shaw – Roy9:24

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Grant – Ritchie14:44

    xG 0.31–0.51 (38%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm13:06

    xG 0.76–0.21 (78%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Fowler12:30

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Montour2:42

    xG 0.12–0.03 (81%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Pearson – Kempe6:02

    xG 0.33–0.15 (69%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Jokinen – Brodzinski6:04

    xG 0.17–0.21 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo9:55

    xG 0.33–0.44 (42%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Shore – Pearson2:22

    xG 0.04–0.24 (14%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty15:46

    xG 0.50–0.15 (77%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez2:01

    xG 0.01–0.02 (35%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Fantenberg9:05

    xG 0.34–0.46 (42%)attempts 11–7goals 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 2.2 xGANA 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #630 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

-7
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-4
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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