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Thu, Dec 22, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 3, Los Angeles Kings 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 55% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY1301121402330
LAK1100621412432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:23CGYJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:41LAKGabriel VilardiAssists: Sean Walker, Blake Lizotte · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:29LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Alex Iafallo · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:39LAKBlake LizotteAssists: Gabriel Vilardi · Snap, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:46CGYTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Adam Ruzicka · Snap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:32CGYDillon DubeAssists: Noah Hanifin, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:23LAKAdrian KempeGWGAssists: Viktor Arvidsson · Tip-in, 0.18 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:44CGYNazem Kadri: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 6:44LAKKevin Fiala: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 6:51CGYTyler Toffoli: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 3:35CGYMilan Lucic: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 8:36LAKMatt Roy: Interference2 min
  6. P3 5:27LAKSean Walker: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:50CGYMichael Stone: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 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
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
30Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals3.5
62Shot attempts60
31Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
31Hits22
13Blocked shots21
4Giveaways8
3Takeaways1

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 – Coleman – Mangiapane11:12

    xG 1.15–0.53 (68%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  2. Lewis – Ritchie – Ruzicka7:29

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Kadri – Huberdeau11:52

    xG 0.39–0.58 (40%)attempts 13–13goals 1–2

  4. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube10:17

    xG 0.31–0.55 (36%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson18:10

    xG 1.46–0.75 (66%)attempts 27–18goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Weegar14:54

    xG 0.52–0.85 (38%)attempts 10–17goals 1–2

  3. Stone – Zadorov10:05

    xG 0.02–0.56 (3%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestArvidsson – Vilardi – Lizotte11:53

    xG 0.88–0.76 (54%)attempts 13–17goals 2–0

  2. Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe14:07

    xG 0.80–0.88 (48%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  3. Danault – Moore – Iafallo11:00

    xG 0.30–0.42 (41%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  4. Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Kupari4:39

    xG 0.05–0.36 (12%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRoy – Durzi16:36

    xG 1.46–0.60 (71%)attempts 25–11goals 2–1

  2. Doughty – Anderson20:15

    xG 0.77–1.10 (41%)attempts 16–21goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Walker10:18

    xG 0.08–0.64 (12%)attempts 6–18goals 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.

LAK 3.5 xGCGY 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #281 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 55% 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).