Wed, Apr 28, 2021·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles
Anaheim Ducks 3, Los Angeles Kings 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA | 09 | 28 | 15 | 322 |
| LAK | 08 | 218 | 04 | 230 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 4:50LAKGabriel VilardiPPAssists: Trevor Moore, Adrian Kempe · Wrist, 0.37 xG0–1
- P2 11:15LAKAdrian KempeSHAssists: Mikey Anderson, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
- P2 12:53ANASam CarrickAssists: Alexander Volkov, Haydn Fleury · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
- P2 16:35ANASam SteelAssists: Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
- P3 18:59ANACam FowlerGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
- P1 9:44ANAMax Jones: High sticking2 min
- P2 3:14ANANicolas Deslauriers: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P2 9:44LAKKurtis MacDermid: Interference2 min
- P2 13:39ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min
- P3 1:55LAKQuinton Byfield: High sticking2 min
- P3 3:24ANARickard Rakell: Interference2 min
- P3 12:53ANAMaxime Comtois: Illegal check to head2 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 20:00Grant won the faceoff against Lizotte
- 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
- bestTerry – Comtois – Zegras10:23
xG 0.65–0.24 (73%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0
- Getzlaf – Grant – Deslauriers10:58
xG 0.21–0.07 (75%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0
- Rakell – Volkov – Lundeström7:42
xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0
- Carrick – Steel – Jones7:22
xG 0.08–0.35 (19%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestFleury – Drysdale14:59
xG 0.84–0.45 (65%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0
- Fowler – Larsson14:34
xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0
- Shattenkirk – Benoit11:51
xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0
Los Angeles Kings
Forward lines
- bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo8:38
xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1
- Athanasiou – Andersson – Lizotte6:24
xG 0.13–0.20 (40%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0
- Kempe – Moore – Byfield7:43
xG 0.26–0.46 (36%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Roy – Anderson10:01
xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0
- Doughty – Bjornfot11:27
xG 0.26–0.25 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1
- Maatta – Walker10:56
xG 0.30–0.45 (40%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1
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 61% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (LAK − ANA), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).