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Thu, Dec 12, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 2, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 67% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1131806227
ANA01505117137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:31LAKMatt LuffAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:27LAKJeff CarterGWGAssists: Drew Doughty, Tyler Toffoli · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:12ANADerek GrantAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Maxime Comtois · Slap, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:25ANAMaxime Comtois: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:32LAKAlex Iafallo: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 3:09ANADerek Grant: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:21ANAAdam Henrique: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:20LAKKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:20ANANicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:48LAKJeff Carter: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 3:57LAKAustin Wagner: Cross checking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Grant
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
27Shots on goal37
2.3Expected goals3.4
48Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
17Hits25
14Blocked shots8
15Giveaways12
4Takeaways1

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. bestToffoli – Amadio – Luff5:11

    xG 0.51–0.18 (74%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte7:29

    xG 0.40–0.13 (75%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo8:01

    xG 0.34–0.15 (69%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Lewis – Clifford8:04

    xG 0.17–0.46 (27%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Ryan16:51

    xG 0.74–0.24 (75%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Hutton – Roy15:57

    xG 0.64–1.20 (35%)attempts 9–25goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSilfverberg – Carrick – Rakell6:30

    xG 0.92–0.01 (99%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Terry5:50

    xG 0.34–0.02 (93%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Kase – Steel4:08

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney5:57

    xG 0.16–0.17 (50%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Gudbranson15:25

    xG 1.00–0.22 (82%)attempts 21–6goals 0–0

  2. Holzer – Mahura11:34

    xG 0.68–0.56 (55%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm17:44

    xG 0.70–0.86 (45%)attempts 19–15goals 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 3.4 xGLAK 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #721 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 67% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

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