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Sun, Mar 10, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 59% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK3100906325
ANA1208110220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:22LAKDustin BrownAssists: Derek Forbort, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:27ANADaniel SprongAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:37LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Trevor Lewis, Paul LaDue · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P1 16:25LAKCarl GrundstromGWGAssists: Adrian Kempe, Tyler Toffoli · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:16ANAJakob SilfverbergUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:30ANAHampus Lindholm: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 18:32ANADaniel Sprong: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 5:23ANANick Ritchie: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 1:54LAKKyle Clifford: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 19:29ANARickard Rakell: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 19:29LAKDrew Doughty: Roughing2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Shore won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
25Shots on goal20
2.1Expected goals1.7
55Shot attempts46
25Faceoffs won24
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
18Hits26
11Blocked shots17
15Giveaways10
6Takeaways7

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. bestToffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom10:05

    xG 0.57–0.07 (89%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Lewis – Clifford8:29

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:01

    xG 0.23–0.41 (36%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort17:59

    xG 0.76–0.46 (62%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – LaDue10:47

    xG 0.71–0.45 (61%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  3. Martinez – Roy12:57

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Silfverberg – Shore2:19

    xG 0.29–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Rowney – Jones3:56

    xG 0.09–0.06 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Shore – Ritchie2:32

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Ritchie – Terry8:45

    xG 0.07–0.08 (49%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm15:15

    xG 0.67–0.41 (62%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Holzer – Megna11:09

    xG 0.45–0.64 (41%)attempts 9–14goals 1–3

  3. Fowler – Larsson19:20

    xG 0.31–0.72 (30%)attempts 12–19goals 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.

ANA 1.7 xGLAK 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANALAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #787 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 59% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

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