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Wed, Jan 24, 2018·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 2, Calgary Flames 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 50% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK06081914227
CGY180160700131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:03CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Micheal Ferland · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:09LAKJake MuzzinPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:33LAKTanner PearsonGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 8:00CGYCurtis Lazar: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:01CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  3. P1 15:47LAKAndy Andreoff: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:57LAKAlec Martinez: Delaying game2 min
  5. P2 5:09CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:31LAKKyle Clifford: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:31CGYMark Giordano: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 9:31LAKKyle Clifford: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 10:44CGYSam Bennett: Cross checking2 min
  10. P2 12:24LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 12:24LAKDrew Doughty: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P2 12:24CGYMikael Backlund: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 3:23CGYMark Jankowski: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
27Shots on goal31
3.5Expected goals3.4
54Shot attempts75
33Faceoffs won34
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes22
14Hits21
27Blocked shots10
9Giveaways16
8Takeaways6

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. bestGaborik – Mitchell – Andreoff3:11

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo10:21

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Pearson – Kempe9:07

    xG 0.45–0.44 (51%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  4. Lewis – Clifford – Amadio5:03

    xG 0.10–0.17 (38%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty5:11

    xG 0.45–0.19 (70%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Gravel – LaDue2:01

    xG 0.09–0.04 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Gravel9:02

    xG 0.14–0.15 (49%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFerland – Gaudreau – Monahan12:06

    xG 1.09–0.65 (63%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Jankowski – Hathaway – Bennett6:54

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Hrivik – Lazar6:17

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Brouwer – Backlund – Tkachuk9:45

    xG 0.24–0.31 (43%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton15:09

    xG 0.70–0.32 (69%)attempts 20–14goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Brodie14:30

    xG 0.55–0.44 (56%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Kulak7:48

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 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 3.4 xGLAK 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 40/100 · #755 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 50% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

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

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

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