Mon, Dec 6, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver
Los Angeles Kings 0, Vancouver Canucks 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 78% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAK | 011 | 012 | 08 | 031 |
| VAN | 012 | 210 | 28 | 430 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 3:17VANBrock BoeserPPGWGAssists: Tanner Pearson, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
- P2 5:43VANConor GarlandAssists: Vasily Podkolzin, Elias Pettersson · Wrap-around, 0.15 xG0–2
- P3 6:59VANJuho LammikkoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–3
- P3 12:48VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Brock Boeser, Bo Horvat · Slap, 0.08 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
- P2 1:48LAKMikey Anderson: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P2 7:44LAKViktor Arvidsson: Slashing2 min
- P2 14:49VANTravis Hamonic: Tripping2 min
- P2 16:43LAKPhillip Danault: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
- P2 18:53VANTanner Pearson: Holding2 min
- P3 4:35LAKPhillip Danault: Holding2 min
- P3 12:09LAKLias Andersson: High sticking2 min · PPG
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 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Miller
- 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.
Los Angeles Kings
Forward lines
- bestDanault – Arvidsson – Iafallo8:23
xG 0.75–0.49 (61%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0
- Moore – Kupari – Kaliyev7:52
xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0
- Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo2:12
xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0
- Tynan – Grundstrom – Kaliyev2:19
xG 0.00–0.08 (5%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Durzi – Bjornfot12:30
xG 0.21–0.20 (52%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0
- Edler – Roy15:23
xG 0.61–0.70 (46%)attempts 18–16goals 0–0
- Doughty – Anderson16:01
xG 0.63–0.85 (43%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestGarland – Pettersson – Podkolzin10:12
xG 0.97–0.31 (76%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0
- Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander10:53
xG 1.00–0.49 (67%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0
- Miller – Dickinson – Boeser11:09
xG 0.37–0.23 (61%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0
- Chiasson – Motte – Lammikko6:36
xG 0.02–0.41 (5%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMyers – Ekman-Larsson13:58
xG 1.38–0.39 (78%)attempts 18–11goals 2–0
- Hamonic – Hughes16:07
xG 0.74–0.53 (58%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0
- Schenn – Poolman13:19
xG 0.42–0.38 (52%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0
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.
VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it LAK. 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 78% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VAN − LAK), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).