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Sat, Mar 23, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 3, Los Angeles Kings 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 74% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA171418010320
LAK1111916041430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:47ANACam FowlerAssists: Andy Welinski, Sam Steel · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:09LAKKyle CliffordPPAssists: Alec Martinez, Alex Iafallo · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:48LAKJeff CarterAssists: Dustin Brown, Austin Wagner · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:58ANARickard RakellPPAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Adam Henrique · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:42ANACarter RowneySHAssists: Derek Grant · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 16:07LAKCarl GrundstromAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  2. 2. ANA Troy Terry stopped
  3. 3. LAK Anze Kopitar scored
  4. 4. ANA Rickard Rakell stopped
  5. 5. LAK Alex Iafallo stopped
  6. 6. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:53ANAMax Jones: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:50ANAJosh Manson: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 18:36ANAJakob Silfverberg: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:36LAKAdrian Kempe: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 6:05LAKAdrian Kempe: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:05ANAKorbinian Holzer: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:34LAKAustin Wagner: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 9:28ANAJaycob Megna: Tripping2 min
  9. OT 4:44LAKCarl Grundstrom: Hooking2 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 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Grant
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
20Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals4.0
48Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
31Hits34
10Blocked shots13
7Giveaways9
4Takeaways7

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSilfverberg – Rakell – Shore4:09

    xG 0.19–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Grant – Rowney – Jones10:13

    xG 0.35–0.37 (48%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Sprong – Terry12:22

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Silfverberg – Rakell – Steel10:19

    xG 0.24–0.52 (32%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manson – Lindholm17:44

    xG 0.29–0.51 (36%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Holzer – Megna11:42

    xG 0.23–0.52 (31%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – Welinski19:39

    xG 0.65–1.07 (38%)attempts 15–18goals 1–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom10:04

    xG 0.81–0.24 (77%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  2. Carter – Lewis – Clifford9:02

    xG 0.50–0.24 (67%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Brodzinski – Kempe – Wagner3:26

    xG 0.08–0.01 (85%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo12:50

    xG 0.26–0.54 (33%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLaDue – Walker13:11

    xG 1.20–0.33 (79%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Martinez – Roy16:05

    xG 0.37–0.28 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Forbort14:19

    xG 0.62–0.66 (48%)attempts 11–15goals 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 4.0 xGANA 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #169 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.39 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 74% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

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