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Mon, Apr 4, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 3, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY11321505333
LAK26013010229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:10CGYJohnny GaudreauUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:56LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alex Iafallo · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:06LAKAdrian KempePPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Sean Durzi · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:03CGYElias LindholmAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk · Slap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:08CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Ryan Carpenter, Michael Stone · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 16:02LAKTrevor Moore: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:26CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:26CGYRasmus Andersson: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:26LAKAlex Iafallo: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 17:56CGYMichael Stone: Holding2 min
  6. P2 0:19LAKSean Durzi: Holding2 min
  7. P2 6:19CGYTyler Toffoli: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 8:09CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 11:43CGYBlake Coleman: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 17:57CGYMatthew Tkachuk: High sticking double minor4 min
  11. P3 19:55LAKSean Durzi: Hooking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
33Shots on goal29
3.4Expected goals3.1
65Shot attempts62
32Faceoffs won23
2Power plays6
16Penalty minutes8
29Hits27
13Blocked shots12
5Giveaways4
2Takeaways2

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Toffoli – Mangiapane8:33

    xG 0.79–0.32 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk12:13

    xG 0.75–0.54 (58%)attempts 16–10goals 2–1

  3. Lewis – Lucic – Carpenter9:27

    xG 0.20–0.22 (48%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Coleman – Dube – Ruzicka6:50

    xG 0.16–0.42 (28%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Tanev11:24

    xG 0.82–0.39 (68%)attempts 17–13goals 2–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson14:40

    xG 0.67–0.61 (52%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Gudbranson – Zadorov14:42

    xG 0.45–0.43 (51%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. Vilardi – Kupari – Byfield9:44

    xG 0.29–0.24 (54%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  2. Grundstrom – Andersson – Kaliyev4:45

    xG 0.10–0.07 (58%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore10:34

    xG 0.54–0.61 (47%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo11:37

    xG 0.30–0.88 (26%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Spence11:58

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Durzi – Bjornfot13:30

    xG 0.36–0.55 (39%)attempts 10–14goals 0–2

  3. Edler – Stecher13:30

    xG 0.66–1.09 (38%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

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.

LAK 3.1 xGCGY 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #740 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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