Thu, Jan 20, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles
Colorado Avalanche 4, Los Angeles Kings 1
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 70% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 17 | 18 | 212 | 427 |
| LAK | 015 | 119 | 07 | 141 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 9:43COLMikko RantanenPPAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
- P2 3:06COLKiefer SherwoodGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.24 xG2–0
- P2 8:58LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Alex Iafallo, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–1
- P3 4:11COLNicolas Aube-KubelAssists: Logan O'Connor, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–1
- P3 18:25COLDevon ToewsENAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.50 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
- P1 8:30LAKCarl Grundstrom: Hooking2 min · PPG
- P1 10:33COLLogan O'Connor: Holding the stick2 min
- P1 15:53COLNathan MacKinnon: Holding2 min
- P2 7:54COLDevon Toews: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
- P3 2:03COLNicolas Aube-Kubel: High sticking2 min
- P3 6:57COLMikko Rantanen: 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 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Danault
- 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
- Jost – Maltsev – Sherwood2:07
xG 0.01–0.03 (30%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
- Compher – Aube-Kubel – Newhook3:04
xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0
- Kadri – Burakovsky – O'Connor7:33
xG 0.16–0.59 (21%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0
- Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:15
xG 0.06–0.50 (11%)attempts 6–22goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestJohnson – Girard3:09
xG 0.22–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0
- Girard – Makar6:58
xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0
- Johnson – Makar2:30
xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0
Los Angeles Kings
Forward lines
- bestBrown – Grundstrom – Byfield8:06
xG 0.97–0.16 (85%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0
- Kopitar – Iafallo – Fagemo13:43
xG 0.66–0.16 (81%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0
- Lemieux – Grundstrom – Lizotte2:20
xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
- Danault – Arvidsson – Moore12:48
xG 0.52–0.51 (50%)attempts 21–12goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestDurzi – Bjornfot9:47
xG 1.08–0.70 (61%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0
- Maatta – Roy16:55
xG 0.71–0.34 (67%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0
- Doughty – Anderson18:38
xG 0.67–0.36 (65%)attempts 26–11goals 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, Los Angeles Kings win this game 70% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (LAK − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).