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Sat, Dec 7, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 3, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK28011114333
CGY11221018430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:09LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Drew Doughty · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:43LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:14CGYMilan LucicPPAssists: Mikael Backlund, Derek Ryan · Slap, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:01CGYZac RinaldoAssists: Dillon Dube, Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:46CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:29CGYDillon DubePPGWGAssists: Derek Ryan, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:24LAKMatt RoyAssists: Nikolai Prokhorkin, Trevor Lewis · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:03CGYTobias Rieder: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:40LAKBlake Lizotte: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:30CGYMikael Backlund: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:48LAKMichael Amadio: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:25CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 17:07LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:07CGYZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 17:07LAKKyle Clifford: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P2 17:07CGYZac Rinaldo: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P3 9:06LAKTrevor Lewis: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 16:35LAKTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 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
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
33Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals2.8
59Shot attempts49
35Faceoffs won18
3Power plays4
23Penalty minutes21
16Hits21
13Blocked shots13
16Giveaways17
3Takeaways14

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestLewis – Clifford – Prokhorkin2:52

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 10–1goals 0–1

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo10:30

    xG 0.24–0.26 (47%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Toffoli – Amadio8:56

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte9:14

    xG 0.26–0.81 (24%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Doughty – Ryan17:18

    xG 0.49–0.96 (34%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  2. Hutton – Roy16:23

    xG 0.32–0.86 (27%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Ryan – Dube8:40

    xG 0.74–0.23 (76%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk10:52

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Gaudreau – Ryan3:14

    xG 0.18–0.02 (88%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Rinaldo – Rieder3:32

    xG 0.09–0.01 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin17:03

    xG 0.94–0.45 (67%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  2. Stone – Brodie10:55

    xG 0.87–0.54 (62%)attempts 10–12goals 2–1

  3. Giordano – Andersson14:43

    xG 0.40–0.10 (81%)attempts 16–6goals 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 2.8 xGLAK 2.1 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 79/100 · #222 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 62% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

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

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

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