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Mon, Apr 10, 2023·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Vancouver Canucks 0, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.

LAK winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN070706020
LAK05111212328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:13LAKArthur KaliyevGWGAssists: Blake Lizotte, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:03LAKVladislav GavrikovAssists: Trevor Moore, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:23LAKDrew DoughtyENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:24VANPhillip Di Giuseppe: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 19:51LAKRasmus Kupari: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:25LAKSean Durzi: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 9:25VANSheldon Dries: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 9:25LAKSean Durzi: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:02LAKAdrian Kempe: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 16:02VANJ.T. Miller: Fighting5 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANLAK
20Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals2.2
38Shot attempts51
18Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
12Penalty minutes14
38Hits19
15Blocked shots15
6Giveaways6
5Takeaways4

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser11:35

    xG 0.62–0.40 (61%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Kravtsov – Kuzmenko9:50

    xG 0.19–0.13 (60%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Beauvillier – Garland – Dries8:03

    xG 0.01–0.28 (5%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  4. Joshua – Studnicka – Aman9:57

    xG 0.09–0.41 (19%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Hughes13:38

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Bear – Hughes4:13

    xG 0.06–0.03 (64%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hirose10:37

    xG 0.09–0.20 (32%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore12:14

    xG 0.50–0.25 (67%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Iafallo – Lizotte – Kaliyev8:31

    xG 0.36–0.11 (76%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  3. Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Kupari11:00

    xG 0.23–0.08 (75%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield11:51

    xG 0.41–0.58 (41%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson20:40

    xG 0.56–0.17 (77%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Walker – Durzi13:32

    xG 0.32–0.06 (84%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  3. Gavrikov – Roy14:47

    xG 0.78–0.77 (50%)attempts 16–14goals 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 2.2 xGVAN 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1237 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 61% of the time.

LAK winsVAN wins

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

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