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Fri, Feb 25, 2022·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 4, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 71% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK111311010432
ANA070919125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 7:50LAKCarl GrundstromAssists: Quinton Byfield, Dustin Brown · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:51LAKAdrian KempeGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:11LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Adrian Kempe, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 12:51LAKAdrian KempeUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG4–0
  5. P3 2:12ANATroy TerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Adam Henrique · Snap, 0.10 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:51ANAJakob Silfverberg: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 18:15LAKArthur Kaliyev: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:45ANASam Carrick: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 2:45LAKJonathan Quick: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:32ANATrevor Zegras: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:57LAKCarl Grundstrom: Holding2 min
  7. P2 19:02ANATrevor Zegras: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 17:44LAKDrew Doughty: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carrick won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
32Shots on goal25
3.5Expected goals2.2
58Shot attempts53
27Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits31
11Blocked shots13
8Giveaways14
4Takeaways2

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each 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

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore10:42

    xG 0.86–0.41 (68%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo12:30

    xG 0.49–0.22 (69%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev8:52

    xG 0.35–0.45 (44%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Grundstrom – Byfield9:10

    xG 0.16–0.39 (29%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDurzi – Bjornfot9:28

    xG 0.35–0.07 (83%)attempts 11–5goals 2–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson17:12

    xG 0.69–0.57 (55%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Roy14:55

    xG 0.82–0.88 (48%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestRakell – Milano – Steel4:25

    xG 0.18–0.07 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Henrique – Terry4:06

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Getzlaf – Milano – Terry8:51

    xG 0.47–0.50 (49%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  4. Silfverberg – Steel – Lundeström3:48

    xG 0.07–0.10 (41%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Shattenkirk – Fowler16:37

    xG 0.86–0.81 (51%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Mahura – Benoit11:04

    xG 0.44–0.50 (47%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

  3. Lindholm – Drysdale15:40

    xG 0.38–0.58 (39%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

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.

ANA 2.2 xGLAK 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANALAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1128 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

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 71% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

Simulated goal difference (ANA − LAK), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).