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Thu, Apr 28, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 52% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK0132140503235
VAN0501021113329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:08LAKGabriel VilardiAssists: Rasmus Kupari, Brendan Lemieux · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:50LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Anze Kopitar, Olli Maatta · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 6:52VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:31VANAlex ChiassonAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brad Richardson · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:30VANBrock BoeserGWGAssists: Elias Pettersson · Snap, 0.33 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:58VANVasily Podkolzin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 13:48VANTyler Myers: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 4:15LAKAlexander Edler: Holding2 min
  4. P2 4:15VANAlex Chiasson: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 1:25VANVasily Podkolzin: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:29LAKBrendan Lemieux: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 5:49LAKCarl Grundstrom: Hooking2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKVAN
35Shots on goal29
4.1Expected goals3.9
54Shot attempts70
16Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
22Hits20
24Blocked shots7
5Giveaways6
6Takeaways7

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. bestBrown – Kopitar – Kempe11:34

    xG 1.52–0.59 (72%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  2. Athanasiou – Iafallo – Lizotte10:50

    xG 0.32–0.40 (45%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Grundstrom – Kaliyev – Byfield9:07

    xG 0.43–0.59 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Lemieux – Vilardi – Kupari6:45

    xG 0.15–0.35 (30%)attempts 3–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Spence13:40

    xG 0.89–0.55 (62%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Stecher14:30

    xG 0.35–0.48 (42%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

  3. Anderson – Durzi13:27

    xG 0.50–0.90 (36%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoeser – Pettersson – Podkolzin11:05

    xG 0.96–0.09 (92%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Petan – Lammikko – Dries6:51

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  3. Richardson – Dickinson – Highmore8:23

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Miller – Garland11:34

    xG 0.48–1.27 (27%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Hughes13:18

    xG 0.76–0.87 (47%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Hunt – Dermott10:05

    xG 0.36–0.56 (39%)attempts 9–12goals 0–2

  3. Myers – Ekman-Larsson16:30

    xG 0.45–1.03 (30%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

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.

VAN 3.9 xGLAK 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #435 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 52% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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