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Sat, Feb 24, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Anaheim Ducks 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 77% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA1111805001224
LAK119116013022350

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:33ANAJakob SilfverbergPPAssists: Ryan Strome, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:23LAKKevin FialaPPAssists: Adrian Kempe, Drew Doughty · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:08ANASam CarrickSHAssists: Adam Henrique · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:24LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Pierre-Luc Dubois scored
  2. 2. ANA Mason McTavish stopped
  3. 3. LAK Trevor Moore scored
  4. 4. ANA Leo Carlsson scored
  5. 5. LAK Kevin Fiala stopped
  6. 6. ANA Alex Killorn stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:24LAKBlake Lizotte: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:36ANAAlex Killorn: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:49LAKAlex Laferriere: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 8:36ANAFrank Vatrano: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:36ANAFrank Vatrano: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 8:36LAKBrandt Clarke: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 13:13ANAAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:02ANAFrank Vatrano: Cross checking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Carrick
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANALAK
24Shots on goal50
2.6Expected goals4.5
60Shot attempts89
18Faceoffs won38
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
23Hits19
13Blocked shots15
2Giveaways9
4Takeaways3

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestVatrano – Terry – McTavish8:59

    xG 0.64–0.53 (55%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Henrique – Carlsson13:53

    xG 0.44–0.65 (41%)attempts 12–20goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Strome – Lundeström8:18

    xG 0.41–0.84 (33%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Carrick – Johnston – Jones7:33

    xG 0.17–0.63 (21%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Vaakanainen16:09

    xG 0.80–0.54 (60%)attempts 22–13goals 0–0

  2. Lyubushkin – Mintyukov13:59

    xG 0.67–0.93 (42%)attempts 14–25goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – LaCombe13:43

    xG 0.38–1.59 (19%)attempts 11–26goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDubois – Kaliyev – Byfield11:32

    xG 0.71–0.23 (76%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Danault – Fiala – Moore11:54

    xG 1.09–0.82 (57%)attempts 23–18goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Anderson-Dolan – Lizotte6:55

    xG 0.30–0.04 (89%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Laferriere10:31

    xG 0.66–0.66 (50%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Roy2:04

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Englund – Spence9:20

    xG 0.72–0.40 (64%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Gavrikov17:55

    xG 1.21–0.98 (55%)attempts 30–19goals 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.

LAK 4.5 xGANA 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #736 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 77% of the time.

LAK winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).