Mon, Apr 26, 2021·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles
Anaheim Ducks 1, Los Angeles Kings 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 79% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA | 07 | 18 | 07 | 122 |
| LAK | 28 | 08 | 29 | 425 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 5:19LAKSean WalkerAssists: Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
- P1 10:34LAKMikey AndersonGWGAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Brendan Lemieux · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–2
- P2 3:03ANAJamie DrysdaleAssists: Danton Heinen, Cam Fowler · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
- P3 18:57LAKDustin BrownENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.55 xG1–3
- P3 19:29LAKTrevor MooreENAssists: Adrian Kempe · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
- P1 6:11LAKDrew Doughty: High sticking2 min
- P2 19:35ANAMax Jones: Slashing2 min
- P3 4:16ANAAlexander Volkov: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Carrick won the faceoff against Vilardi
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestGrant – Deslauriers – Heinen6:40
xG 0.20–0.10 (65%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0
- Getzlaf – Carrick – Volkov8:29
xG 0.20–0.15 (58%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0
- Rakell – Steel – Comtois2:11
xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
- Rakell – Comtois – Lundeström11:19
xG 0.19–0.32 (37%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestFowler – Drysdale7:06
xG 0.35–0.26 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1
- Shattenkirk – Larsson9:07
xG 0.31–0.27 (54%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0
- Shattenkirk – Fowler10:57
xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0
Los Angeles Kings
Forward lines
- bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:03
xG 0.53–0.04 (93%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0
- Kempe – Moore – Lizotte8:30
xG 0.25–0.01 (96%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0
- Athanasiou – Wagner – Vilardi11:01
xG 0.42–0.41 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0
- Kempe – Lemieux – Anderson-Dolan2:13
xG 0.04–0.17 (20%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestDoughty – Anderson5:11
xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0
- Doughty – Maatta3:21
xG 0.15–0.00 (99%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
- Maatta – Walker7:58
xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
LAK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line LAK is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 79% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (LAK − ANA), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).