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Tue, Nov 6, 2018·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 72% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA08113010131
LAK27110110427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:25LAKDustin BrownPPAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Jeff Carter · Tip-in, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:22LAKKyle CliffordGWGAssists: Alec Martinez, Trevor Lewis · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:54LAKIlya KovalchukAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jack Campbell · Snap, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:21ANARyan KeslerAssists: Marcus Pettersson, Brandon Montour · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:54LAKTyler ToffoliENAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:07ANAAndrew Cogliano: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:22LAKDion Phaneuf: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 14:11LAKAlex Iafallo: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 12:20LAKDerek Forbort: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 18:40LAKAdrian Kempe: Slashing2 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
31Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals3.3
66Shot attempts49
44Faceoffs won33
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
18Hits24
9Blocked shots23
9Giveaways14
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. bestKesler – Cogliano – Sherwood5:36

    xG 0.15–0.06 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Gibbons3:27

    xG 0.16–0.08 (67%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Silfverberg – Sherwood8:02

    xG 0.36–0.30 (54%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Carrick – Street – Aberg5:13

    xG 0.11–0.10 (52%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – Montour15:34

    xG 0.70–0.41 (63%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Montour2:22

    xG 0.31–0.21 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Lindholm – Larsson13:55

    xG 0.24–0.46 (34%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Lewis – Clifford9:10

    xG 0.63–0.35 (64%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Carter – Toffoli11:26

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:38

    xG 0.29–0.40 (42%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

  4. Pearson – Kempe – Luff7:20

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort4:58

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Fantenberg11:02

    xG 0.47–0.26 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez18:31

    xG 1.15–0.95 (55%)attempts 18–25goals 2–0

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 3.3 xGANA 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #955 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 72% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).