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Wed, Feb 12, 2020·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 3, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 52% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY08114216338
LAK01321139533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:37CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:21LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:00LAKAustin WagnerAssists: Trevor Lewis, Kurtis MacDermid · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:42LAKKurtis MacDermidAssists: Dustin Brown, Blake Lizotte · Snap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:25CGYElias LindholmAssists: Derek Ryan, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:12LAKJeff CarterGWGAssists: Adrian Kempe, Martin Frk · Slap, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:55CGYElias LindholmAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Rasmus Andersson · Backhand, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:57LAKSean WalkerENAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.43 xG3–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:48LAKDerek Forbort: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:23CGYMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 6:23LAKKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 16:41CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:41LAKAlec Martinez: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:41CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 7:30LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:28LAKAlex Iafallo: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 19:57CGYRasmus Andersson: Misconduct10 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
38Shots on goal33
4.1Expected goals4.0
59Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won43
3Power plays1
19Penalty minutes13
24Hits16
8Blocked shots11
9Giveaways8
2Takeaways3

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk12:49

    xG 1.14–0.62 (65%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Ryan3:19

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan11:08

    xG 0.78–0.88 (47%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  4. Lucic – Ryan – Dube5:44

    xG 0.02–0.31 (5%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKylington – Yelesin10:23

    xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  2. Stone – Brodie17:14

    xG 0.92–0.87 (51%)attempts 15–20goals 1–1

  3. Hanifin – Andersson15:49

    xG 1.17–1.34 (47%)attempts 16–14goals 0–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo10:48

    xG 1.08–0.50 (69%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Brown – Moore – Lizotte6:11

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  3. Carter – Frk – Kempe9:04

    xG 0.65–0.74 (47%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Amadio – Wagner5:52

    xG 0.05–0.18 (22%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Walker14:49

    xG 1.04–0.74 (58%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort17:24

    xG 0.68–1.05 (40%)attempts 13–16goals 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.

LAK 4.0 xGCGY 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #325 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 52% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).