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Sat, Jan 13, 2018·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 4, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 58% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA2507210422
LAK0708210225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:14ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:50ANARyan KeslerPPAssists: Brandon Montour, Ondrej Kase · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:10ANAOndrej KaseGWGAssists: Nick Ritchie · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P3 8:32LAKNicholas ShoreAssists: Christian Folin, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:46LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Derek Forbort, Alex Iafallo · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:32ANACorey PerryENAssists: Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.47 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:29LAKKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:29ANAJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:31LAKAndy Andreoff: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 2:31ANAKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 2:33LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 2:33ANANick Ritchie: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 3:41ANAAndrew Cogliano: Interference2 min
  8. P1 17:31LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 17:00ANARyan Kesler: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 8:50LAKDerek Forbort: 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 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
22Shots on goal25
2.6Expected goals2.1
50Shot attempts56
23Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
19Penalty minutes19
38Hits37
19Blocked shots12
4Giveaways9
5Takeaways0

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. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:14

    xG 0.34–0.09 (80%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Boll – Wagner4:50

    xG 0.01–0.06 (12%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase10:17

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell15:07

    xG 0.73–0.85 (46%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Fowler16:05

    xG 0.58–0.37 (61%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

  2. Beauchemin – Montour12:37

    xG 0.31–0.52 (38%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  3. Manson – Lindholm17:35

    xG 0.37–0.62 (38%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Lewis – Shore3:25

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  2. Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe5:52

    xG 0.09–0.07 (55%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Clifford – Andreoff3:51

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo12:30

    xG 0.59–0.70 (46%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort6:20

    xG 0.26–0.06 (82%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Gravel12:40

    xG 0.70–0.64 (52%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Folin2:55

    xG 0.06–0.05 (54%)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 2.1 xGANA 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 63/100 · #485 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 58% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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