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Mon, Mar 25, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 3, Calgary Flames 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 63% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK170726320
CGY015016011042

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:57LAKDerek ForbortGWGAssists: Jeff Carter, Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:51LAKJonny BrodzinskiAssists: Trevor Lewis, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 15:57LAKTyler ToffoliENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 4:08LAKDrew Doughty: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 11:33LAKJeff Carter: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 13:56LAKMatt Roy: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:04LAKTyler Toffoli: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 18:04CGYOscar Fantenberg: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 18:59CGYJames Neal: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 19:17CGYGarnet Hathaway: Interference2 min
  8. P2 12:02CGYJames Neal: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 19:58LAKMatt Roy: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 19:58CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 2:31LAKDrew Doughty: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 18:06CGYGarnet Hathaway: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 18:06LAKDion Phaneuf: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
20Shots on goal42
2.4Expected goals3.1
37Shot attempts76
28Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
17Penalty minutes15
22Hits11
22Blocked shots11
19Giveaways33
12Takeaways21

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. Carter – Lewis – Clifford5:11

    xG 0.05–0.11 (30%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Toffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom5:55

    xG 0.18–0.46 (28%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo11:42

    xG 0.01–0.79 (1%)attempts 5–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – Walker10:16

    xG 0.41–0.62 (40%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort13:39

    xG 0.26–0.70 (27%)attempts 7–22goals 1–0

  3. Martinez – Roy9:28

    xG 0.01–0.53 (2%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk10:30

    xG 0.83–0.13 (86%)attempts 22–5goals 0–1

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan8:04

    xG 0.44–0.04 (92%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

  3. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan8:53

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Jankowski – Czarnik7:24

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie12:31

    xG 0.62–0.04 (94%)attempts 19–2goals 0–1

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin16:21

    xG 1.01–0.45 (69%)attempts 26–15goals 0–1

  3. Andersson – Fantenberg9:07

    xG 0.16–0.19 (46%)attempts 12–5goals 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.

CGY 3.1 xGLAK 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1137 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 63% 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).