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Tue, Apr 19, 2022·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 2, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 62% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK01011216228
ANA0711706130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:27LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:36ANAAdam HenriquePPAssists: Troy Terry, Cam Fowler · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:32LAKPhillip DanaultGWGAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.55 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:19ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:40LAKRasmus Kupari: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:32ANAMaxime Comtois: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:32LAKMatt Roy: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:53LAKAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:07LAKAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 5:37LAKJonathan Quick: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
28Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals3.3
50Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won24
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
14Hits19
18Blocked shots7
5Giveaways7
7Takeaways4

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. bestKopitar – Athanasiou – Kempe9:24

    xG 0.57–0.02 (96%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore10:04

    xG 0.93–0.51 (64%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Brown – Iafallo – Lizotte8:46

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Lemieux – Kupari – Kaliyev6:19

    xG 0.08–0.32 (20%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Roy14:46

    xG 1.22–0.39 (76%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Moverare – Durzi12:06

    xG 0.59–0.19 (76%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Maatta – Spence14:16

    xG 0.30–0.62 (33%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGrant – Mayhew – Zegras8:40

    xG 0.49–0.39 (55%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Milano – Steel – Comtois8:03

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Simon – Aston-Reese – Lundeström9:27

    xG 0.12–0.47 (21%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Henrique – Terry11:05

    xG 0.26–0.98 (21%)attempts 3–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSustr – Benoit11:32

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Sustr – Mahura2:07

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Drysdale15:15

    xG 0.61–0.65 (49%)attempts 12–19goals 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.

ANA 3.3 xGLAK 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #921 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 62% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

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