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Sun, Apr 2, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings 4, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1516214425
VAN1130507125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:56VANBrock BoeserAssists: J.T. Miller, Phillip Di Giuseppe · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:02LAKAlex IafalloAssists: Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe · Slap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:24LAKAlex IafalloPPGWGAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Anze Kopitar · Deflected, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:35LAKArthur KaliyevAssists: Blake Lizotte, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:11LAKBlake LizotteENAssists: Arthur Kaliyev · Wrist, 0.74 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:01LAKTrevor Moore: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:09LAKQuinton Byfield: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:56VANAnthony Beauvillier: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:13VANJack Studnicka: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:52LAKViktor Arvidsson: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 14:36LAKPhillip Danault: 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 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKVAN
25Shots on goal25
3.1Expected goals2.5
51Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
30Hits27
14Blocked shots16
1Giveaways4
3Takeaways3

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. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore10:40

    xG 0.42–0.45 (49%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Grundstrom – MacEwen – Kupari11:16

    xG 0.21–0.25 (45%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Iafallo – Lizotte – Kaliyev10:29

    xG 0.60–0.65 (48%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield10:28

    xG 0.13–0.40 (25%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Walker5:59

    xG 0.66–0.12 (84%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Gavrikov12:18

    xG 0.19–0.06 (77%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Walker3:10

    xG 0.04–0.04 (52%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser12:16

    xG 0.75–0.25 (75%)attempts 17–7goals 1–1

  2. Beauvillier – Garland – Aman8:35

    xG 0.32–0.35 (47%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Studnicka – Dries – McDonough5:32

    xG 0.06–0.19 (24%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Pettersson – Kuzmenko11:47

    xG 0.22–0.38 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Hughes15:13

    xG 1.33–0.41 (76%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Hughes3:18

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hirose10:52

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 6–11goals 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 2.5 xGLAK 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 33/100 · #950 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 60% of the time.

VAN winsLAK wins

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

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