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Thu, Mar 28, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK112010114030239
VAN01321308041338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:56LAKAustin WagnerAssists: Kurtis MacDermid, Michael Amadio · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:07VANAlexander EdlerPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:03VANBrock BoeserAssists: Quinn Hughes, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:47LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  2. 2. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  3. 3. VAN Quinn Hughes stopped
  4. 4. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  5. 5. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
  6. 6. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
  7. 7. VAN Tanner Pearson scored
  8. 8. LAK Alex Iafallo stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:01VANJay Beagle: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:15VANLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 7:15LAKKurtis MacDermid: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:10VANJake Virtanen: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:02LAKCarl Grundstrom: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 15:10VANAlex Biega: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. OT 3:24VANAlexander Edler: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackVAN 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.

LAKVAN
39Shots on goal38
4.2Expected goals2.9
78Shot attempts71
30Faceoffs won29
4Power plays1
4Penalty minutes10
20Hits20
21Blocked shots19
5Giveaways5
3Takeaways10

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. bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo9:12

    xG 0.42–0.12 (79%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Toffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom8:19

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Brodzinski – Amadio – Wagner4:27

    xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Lewis – Clifford8:53

    xG 0.29–0.51 (36%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort17:53

    xG 0.82–0.38 (68%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  2. Martinez – Doughty2:10

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Walker3:44

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeagle – Granlund – Schaller2:08

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Beagle – Schaller – Virtanen2:41

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson13:51

    xG 0.69–0.75 (48%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  4. Spooner – Virtanen – Gaudette8:23

    xG 0.11–0.17 (38%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Hughes11:38

    xG 0.71–0.48 (59%)attempts 18–12goals 1–1

  2. Edler – Biega17:41

    xG 0.44–0.60 (42%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – Hutton2:33

    xG 0.07–0.28 (21%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

VAN 2.9 xGLAK 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #391 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 70% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

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

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