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Mon, Dec 2, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK07219010236
ANA271617420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:14ANADerek GrantAssists: Nicolas Deslauriers, Carter Rowney · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:47ANAJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Rickard Rakell · Slap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:01LAKKurtis MacDermidAssists: Trevor Lewis, Michael Amadio · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:57ANACarter RowneyGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Michael Del Zotto · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:42LAKNikolai ProkhorkinAssists: Sean Walker, Tyler Toffoli · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:22ANADerek GrantENAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.55 xG2–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 8:01LAKTyler Toffoli: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:53ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:33ANAErik Gudbranson: Delaying game2 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 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
36Shots on goal20
3.2Expected goals2.6
73Shot attempts50
33Faceoffs won21
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
19Hits25
18Blocked shots14
9Giveaways9
6Takeaways6

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. bestLewis – Clifford – Prokhorkin3:30

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Prokhorkin7:39

    xG 0.55–0.30 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte5:47

    xG 0.35–0.12 (75%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Toffoli – Amadio3:22

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Roy18:11

    xG 0.99–0.29 (77%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Walker2:23

    xG 0.10–0.08 (55%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Ryan18:08

    xG 0.51–0.55 (48%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Shore – Terry12:39

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney9:25

    xG 0.55–0.40 (58%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase9:59

    xG 0.33–0.65 (34%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  4. Silfverberg – Rakell – Steel12:45

    xG 0.13–1.13 (10%)attempts 3–25goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Lindholm17:04

    xG 0.81–0.67 (55%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Gudbranson18:21

    xG 0.58–0.64 (47%)attempts 20–20goals 1–1

  3. Holzer – Guhle12:03

    xG 0.24–0.94 (21%)attempts 7–17goals 0–1

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.

ANA 2.6 xGLAK 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANALAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 43/100 · #644 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 60% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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