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Sat, Feb 1, 2020·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 3, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA11321104328
LAK014115018147

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:43ANAMax JonesAssists: Sam Steel, Ondrej Kase · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:33ANADerek GrantGWGAssists: Cam Fowler, Josh Manson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:52ANAJacob LarssonAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Rickard Rakell · Slap, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:21LAKTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alec Martinez · Slap, 0.19 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:06ANAMichael Del Zotto: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:11LAKAdrian Kempe: Holding2 min
  3. P2 9:37LAKKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 9:37ANANicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 16:18ANACam Fowler: Holding2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
28Shots on goal47
3.3Expected goals3.1
47Shot attempts79
39Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
24Hits16
11Blocked shots5
11Giveaways12
8Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGrant – Deslauriers – Rowney8:15

    xG 0.72–0.36 (67%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Ritchie – Terry9:53

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Kase – Steel – Jones10:59

    xG 0.49–0.46 (51%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  4. Getzlaf – Silfverberg – Rakell15:56

    xG 0.51–0.96 (35%)attempts 10–25goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson18:13

    xG 1.07–0.81 (57%)attempts 16–18goals 1–0

  2. Del Zotto – Larsson11:36

    xG 0.41–0.30 (58%)attempts 7–15goals 2–0

  3. Gudbranson – Lindholm17:44

    xG 0.77–0.99 (44%)attempts 15–27goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo12:55

    xG 0.71–0.30 (70%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Kempe8:26

    xG 0.61–0.31 (66%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Wagner – Lizotte2:25

    xG 0.08–0.16 (35%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Wagner – Luff – Lizotte5:33

    xG 0.25–0.42 (38%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Roy15:45

    xG 1.01–0.90 (53%)attempts 27–13goals 0–2

  2. Forbort – Roy2:06

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Forbort14:13

    xG 0.50–0.67 (43%)attempts 12–14goals 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 3.1 xGANA 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #939 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 56% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

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