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Wed, Oct 30, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Vancouver Canucks 5, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 74% of the time.

LAK winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN215121213549
LAK181719324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:53LAKJeff CarterAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alec Martinez · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:39VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:34VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:06LAKAdrian KempePPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:17VANBrock BoeserAssists: Elias Pettersson · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:55VANBrock BoeserPPGWGAssists: Bo Horvat, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 15:46VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–2
  8. P3 18:49LAKJeff CarterAssists: Carl Grundstrom, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 6:28LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:28VANMicheal Ferland: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:48VANBrock Boeser: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 12:18LAKTrevor Lewis: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 17:09LAKAdrian Kempe: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 19:24LAKDrew Doughty: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P1 0:00LAKJeff Carter: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 9:31VANJay Beagle: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 12:05VANJosh Leivo: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 19:00LAKAustin Wagner: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 1:42VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 7:07VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 13:13VANTyler Myers: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 15:28LAKTrevor Lewis: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
45% to win55% to win
← VAN attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Kempe
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANLAK
49Shots on goal24
3.2Expected goals1.9
71Shot attempts48
43Faceoffs won23
6Power plays6
17Penalty minutes17
15Hits24
17Blocked shots14
8Giveaways9
3Takeaways2

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPearson – Horvat – Virtanen6:59

    xG 0.82–0.07 (92%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson10:26

    xG 0.63–0.50 (56%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Sutter – Leivo – Pearson3:48

    xG 0.16–0.09 (65%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Sutter – Leivo – Virtanen2:29

    xG 0.14–0.15 (47%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Myers12:10

    xG 0.79–0.53 (60%)attempts 17–14goals 0–2

  2. Tanev – Hughes10:29

    xG 0.60–0.48 (56%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Stecher12:06

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Kopitar – Grundstrom6:41

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 2–1

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Prokhorkin3:45

    xG 0.13–0.03 (84%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Brown – Lizotte5:14

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Kempe – Wagner – Iafallo5:42

    xG 0.12–0.43 (23%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Martinez – Doughty14:19

    xG 0.73–0.82 (47%)attempts 13–18goals 2–1

  2. Hutton – Walker13:14

    xG 0.45–0.94 (33%)attempts 8–20goals 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.

LAK 1.9 xGVAN 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #326 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 74% of the time.

LAK winsVAN wins

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

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