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Thu, Feb 14, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Vancouver Canucks 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

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

LAK winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN191819012427
LAK1911719031338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:22VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Troy Stecher, Bo Horvat · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:30LAKAustin WagnerAssists: Kyle Clifford, Derek Forbort · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:46VANBrock BoeserAssists: Adam Gaudette, Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:28LAKMichael AmadioAssists: Kyle Clifford, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:59LAKAlec MartinezAssists: Brendan Leipsic, Trevor Lewis · Slap, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:22VANAdam GaudetteAssists: Elias Pettersson, Alex Biega · Snap, 0.12 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Ilya Kovalchuk scored
  2. 2. VAN Elias Pettersson scored
  3. 3. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  4. 4. VAN Markus Granlund stopped
  5. 5. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  6. 6. VAN Brock Boeser scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:44LAKTrevor Lewis: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:16VANBen Hutton: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:45VANAlex Biega: Holding2 min
  4. P2 15:48LAKAlex Iafallo: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 18:40VANErik Gudbranson: Interference2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANLAK
27Shots on goal38
2.2Expected goals3.5
54Shot attempts64
35Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits27
11Blocked shots13
5Giveaways15
1Takeaways2

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Roussel – Granlund – Gaudette3:39

    xG 0.05–0.11 (30%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Beagle – Motte2:13

    xG 0.00–0.10 (3%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Beagle – Motte – MacEwen5:21

    xG 0.20–0.38 (34%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

  4. Roussel – Boeser – Pettersson2:22

    xG 0.02–0.23 (7%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gudbranson – Pouliot2:08

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Biega – Pouliot15:55

    xG 0.68–0.81 (46%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  3. Hutton – Stecher20:00

    xG 0.76–0.92 (45%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo8:42

    xG 0.40–0.10 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Toffoli – Leipsic4:16

    xG 0.29–0.10 (74%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Lewis – Leipsic6:18

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  4. Clifford – Amadio – Wagner6:47

    xG 0.40–0.35 (53%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Walker10:21

    xG 0.63–0.13 (83%)attempts 13–3goals 2–1

  2. LaDue – Fantenberg11:33

    xG 0.77–0.37 (68%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Forbort20:35

    xG 0.97–1.07 (48%)attempts 18–21goals 1–1

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.

LAK 3.5 xGVAN 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 90/100 · #131 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.51 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 winsVAN wins

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

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