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Mon, Apr 1, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 7, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 60% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY21015415730
LAK2801106225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:07CGYDerek RyanAssists: Oliver Kylington, Garnet Hathaway · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:29LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Michael Amadio · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:09CGYSam BennettAssists: Mark Jankowski · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:20LAKDustin BrownAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:46CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Sean Monahan · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:13CGYJames NealAssists: Mark Jankowski · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–2
  7. P3 2:33CGYDerek RyanAssists: James Neal, Rasmus Andersson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG5–2
  8. P3 8:30CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Juuso Välimäki, Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.06 xG6–2
  9. P3 8:45CGYMark JankowskiAssists: Austin Czarnik, Alan Quine · Backhand, 0.06 xG7–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:34CGYSam Bennett: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:51CGYMark Jankowski: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:15CGYAlan Quine: Holding2 min
  4. P3 11:47LAKDustin Brown: High sticking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
30Shots on goal25
3.5Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
15Hits15
12Blocked shots12
8Giveaways6
1Takeaways3

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Jankowski – Bennett6:34

    xG 0.42–0.27 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  2. Neal – Frolik – Ryan2:09

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0

  3. Frolik – Quine – Czarnik8:37

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan8:35

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Kylington14:47

    xG 1.26–0.48 (73%)attempts 14–14goals 3–0

  2. Andersson – Fantenberg16:12

    xG 1.06–0.68 (61%)attempts 18–13goals 3–1

  3. Stone – Välimäki16:39

    xG 0.33–0.42 (44%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Lewis – Clifford9:41

    xG 0.50–0.26 (65%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  2. Toffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom6:23

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Amadio – Wagner5:24

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo10:57

    xG 0.11–1.27 (8%)attempts 6–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestRoy – Walker3:14

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort17:36

    xG 0.34–0.76 (31%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

  3. Martinez – Roy13:41

    xG 0.29–0.72 (29%)attempts 10–13goals 1–2

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 2.9 xGCGY 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #558 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 60% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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