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Thu, Apr 11, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 83% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0100716123
LAK1821319430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:48LAKKevin FialaPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:54LAKViktor ArvidssonGWGAssists: Phillip Danault, Trevor Moore · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:42LAKAkil ThomasAssists: Matt Roy · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:28CGYJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Daniil Miromanov, Connor Zary · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:46LAKViktor ArvidssonENAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.41 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:22CGYDaniil Miromanov: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:20LAKViktor Arvidsson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:50LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 13:50CGYBrayden Pachal: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 13:50LAKAdrian Kempe: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 13:50CGYBrayden Pachal: Interference2 min
  7. P2 9:54CGYMatt Coronato: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 11:02CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 3:21CGYMacKenzie Weegar: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
23Shots on goal30
1.3Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts62
25Faceoffs won26
1Power plays4
12Penalty minutes6
15Hits12
14Blocked shots15
2Giveaways7
2Takeaways4

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. bestHuberdeau – Zary – Duehr3:49

    xG 0.23–0.08 (74%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Mangiapane – Greer – Rooney2:04

    xG 0.08–0.09 (49%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Mangiapane – Zary8:25

    xG 0.26–0.30 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Pospisil – Kuzmenko11:55

    xG 0.40–0.63 (39%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Weegar – Miromanov16:01

    xG 0.60–0.56 (52%)attempts 16–8goals 1–1

  2. Andersson – Kylington9:13

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Pachal – Solovyov5:22

    xG 0.02–0.20 (8%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore11:47

    xG 0.73–0.40 (65%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  2. Lewis – Fiala – Lizotte8:58

    xG 0.29–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield9:39

    xG 0.25–0.12 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Dubois – Thomas – Laferriere6:45

    xG 0.21–0.28 (44%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnglund – Spence11:44

    xG 0.87–0.22 (80%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

  2. Gavrikov – Roy17:14

    xG 0.80–0.61 (57%)attempts 14–19goals 2–0

  3. Doughty – Anderson18:03

    xG 0.34–0.30 (54%)attempts 10–15goals 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 3.2 xGCGY 1.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #1052 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 83% of the time.

LAK winsCGY wins

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

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