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Fri, Nov 30, 2018·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 1, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 97% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK041505114
CGY19010318437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:36CGYMikael BacklundAssists: TJ Brodie, Sam Bennett · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:41LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Austin Wagner · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:44CGYJohnny GaudreauPPGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:28CGYMikael BacklundENAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.75 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:52CGYSean MonahanENAssists: Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 0:34CGYSam Bennett: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 1:08LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P3 7:09LAKDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 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
14Shots on goal37
1.3Expected goals5.5
34Shot attempts58
21Faceoffs won23
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
21Hits16
9Blocked shots11
18Giveaways17
14Takeaways18

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. Thompson – Kempe – Luff4:57

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Amadio – Rempal4:01

    xG 0.01–0.14 (7%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:51

    xG 0.55–0.70 (44%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Kempe – Wagner – Luff6:48

    xG 0.30–0.47 (39%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – LaDue12:15

    xG 0.43–0.61 (42%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez18:56

    xG 0.60–1.04 (37%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  3. Doughty – Forbort17:11

    xG 0.16–0.63 (20%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan14:07

    xG 0.96–0.05 (95%)attempts 18–3goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Bennett – Tkachuk13:42

    xG 0.70–0.18 (80%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Neal – Czarnik – Ryan9:29

    xG 0.37–0.25 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  4. Jankowski – Hathaway – Lomberg5:57

    xG 0.04–0.08 (33%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie21:10

    xG 1.12–0.35 (76%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin18:12

    xG 1.09–0.55 (66%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Kylington11:14

    xG 0.40–0.33 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

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 5.5 xGLAK 1.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #850 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 97% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

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

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