Fri, May 7, 2021·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles
Colorado Avalanche 3, Los Angeles Kings 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 89% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 118 | 213 | 06 | 337 |
| LAK | 15 | 05 | 17 | 217 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 2:12LAKBrendan LemieuxAssists: Carl Grundstrom, Sean Walker · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
- P1 5:49COLMikko RantanenPPAssists: Cale Makar, Andre Burakovsky · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1
- P2 2:56COLTyson JostAssists: Jacob MacDonald, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
- P2 10:02COLCale MakarGWGAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Alex Newhook · Snap, 0.10 xG3–1
- P3 17:26LAKGabriel VilardiAssists: Lias Andersson · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
- P1 4:52LAKAustin Wagner: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
- P1 17:02LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking2 min
- P1 17:52COLCale Makar: Interference goalkeeper2 min
- P3 10:03LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking double minor4 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 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Jost
- 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.
Colorado Avalanche
Forward lines
- bestKadri – Donskoi – Nichushkin10:40
xG 1.04–0.23 (82%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0
- Landeskog – Rantanen – Jost13:22
xG 0.47–0.04 (92%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0
- Burakovsky – Compher – Newhook8:55
xG 0.27–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0
- Soderberg – Bellemare – Sherwood8:18
xG 0.30–0.39 (44%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestToews – Makar11:42
xG 0.74–0.28 (72%)attempts 14–4goals 1–1
- Toews – Timmins6:22
xG 0.39–0.05 (89%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0
- Graves – Makar2:36
xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0
Los Angeles Kings
Forward lines
- Athanasiou – Wagner – Byfield10:06
xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0
- Lemieux – Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan10:44
xG 0.39–0.57 (40%)attempts 4–10goals 1–1
- Kopitar – Kempe – Moore13:05
xG 0.14–0.39 (26%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0
- Vilardi – Andersson – Iafallo10:03
xG 0.07–0.65 (9%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Maatta – Walker12:46
xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 4–11goals 1–1
- Roy – Bjornfot14:16
xG 0.60–0.78 (44%)attempts 7–18goals 1–0
- Doughty – Anderson16:20
xG 0.10–0.71 (13%)attempts 9–18goals 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 COL. 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 89% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (LAK − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).