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Sun, Mar 14, 2021·Ball Arena, Denver

Los Angeles Kings 1, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 86% of the time.

COL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0908111128
COL12021417441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:05COLNazem KadriAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Dan Renouf · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:05COLAndre BurakovskyGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, Brandon Saad · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:09COLJoonas DonskoiAssists: Dan Renouf, Valeri Nichushkin · Tip-in, 0.22 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:07LAKKurtis MacDermidAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:41COLNathan MacKinnonENAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.70 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:08LAKAdrian Kempe: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:36COLLogan O'Connor: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:34COLAndre Burakovsky: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 2:28COLNazem Kadri: Interference2 min
  5. P3 9:33COLRyan Graves: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 16:50COLNazem Kadri: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCOL
28Shots on goal41
1.7Expected goals4.1
61Shot attempts59
24Faceoffs won28
5Power plays1
2Penalty minutes10
21Hits16
11Blocked shots20
3Giveaways6
5Takeaways8

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. Carter – Athanasiou – Vilardi7:12

    xG 0.15–0.19 (44%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Wagner – Moore – Lizotte4:32

    xG 0.03–0.13 (21%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo10:06

    xG 0.19–0.47 (28%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  4. Amadio – Grundstrom – Luff9:04

    xG 0.18–0.64 (22%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Doughty – Anderson17:36

    xG 0.36–0.76 (32%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

  2. Roy – Bjornfot13:16

    xG 0.32–1.01 (24%)attempts 11–14goals 0–2

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestCalvert – Bellemare – O'Connor5:58

    xG 0.83–0.19 (81%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:39

    xG 0.47–0.22 (68%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Donskoi – Nichushkin – Jost7:21

    xG 0.29–0.10 (73%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky10:09

    xG 0.46–0.45 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGraves – Toews10:49

    xG 1.00–0.12 (89%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Girard – MacDonald9:46

    xG 0.50–0.21 (70%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Pateryn – Renouf10:21

    xG 0.68–0.41 (63%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

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.

COL 4.1 xGLAK 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #648 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 86% of the time.

COL winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).