Sat, May 8, 2021·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles
Colorado Avalanche 3, Los Angeles Kings 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 74% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 212 | 114 | 04 | 330 |
| LAK | 16 | 05 | 17 | 218 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 4:46COLDevon ToewsAssists: Andre Burakovsky, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
- P1 10:31COLCale MakarPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Andre Burakovsky · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
- P1 13:58LAKSean WalkerAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
- P2 9:45COLDevon ToewsGWGAssists: Cale Makar, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Snap, 0.08 xG3–1
- P3 5:21LAKRasmus KupariAssists: Lias Andersson, Sean Walker · Snap, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
- P1 9:20LAKBrendan Lemieux: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P1 15:54COLAlex Newhook: Slashing2 min
- P2 11:03LAKDrew Doughty: Slashing2 min
- P3 3:19COLMikko Rantanen: Tripping2 min
- P3 8:27LAKCarl Grundstrom: 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 20:00Jost won the faceoff against Kopitar
- 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 – Nichushkin11:58
xG 0.90–0.61 (60%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0
- Burakovsky – Compher – Newhook9:19
xG 0.44–0.16 (74%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0
- Landeskog – Rantanen – Jost11:23
xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0
- Megna – Bellemare – Sherwood5:52
xG 0.13–0.09 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1
Defence pairs
- bestNemeth – MacDonald9:30
xG 0.99–0.57 (63%)attempts 9–11goals 0–2
- Graves – Timmins12:16
xG 0.22–0.12 (63%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
- Nemeth – Toews2:29
xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0
Los Angeles Kings
Forward lines
- bestVilardi – Andersson – Iafallo11:17
xG 0.50–0.25 (66%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1
- Kopitar – Athanasiou – Kempe12:43
xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0
- Wagner – Moore – Kupari10:21
xG 0.22–0.44 (33%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1
- Lemieux – Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan8:56
xG 0.07–0.73 (9%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Roy – Bjornfot14:33
xG 0.35–0.36 (49%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0
- Doughty – Anderson17:42
xG 0.12–0.55 (18%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1
- Maatta – Walker11:20
xG 0.38–0.83 (31%)attempts 8–12goals 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 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 74% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (LAK − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).