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Sun, Oct 20, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 4, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 89% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK05013418436
ANA060414114

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 3:06LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Anze Kopitar, Mikey Anderson · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P3 8:58LAKAlex LaferriereGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:16ANARyan StromeAssists: Troy Terry, Frank Vatrano · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:53LAKKevin FialaENAssists: Phillip Danault, Vladislav Gavrikov · Backhand, 0.79 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:24LAKMikey AndersonENAssists: Alex Turcotte · Wrist, 0.31 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:49LAKTrevor Lewis: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:49LAKKevin Fiala: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:50ANAMason McTavish: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:07ANAAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:27LAKBrandt Clarke: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKANA
36Shots on goal14
4.1Expected goals1.5
72Shot attempts37
33Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits20
11Blocked shots17
12Giveaways10
8Takeaways3

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. bestDanault – Fiala – Moore11:31

    xG 0.54–0.09 (85%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Foegele – Turcotte – Laferriere9:54

    xG 0.49–0.07 (88%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Jeannot – Lee7:37

    xG 0.45–0.13 (77%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield10:17

    xG 0.33–0.56 (37%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Clarke13:25

    xG 0.85–0.17 (83%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Englund – Spence12:18

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Anderson16:51

    xG 0.47–0.48 (50%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – Terry9:54

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  2. Killorn – Gauthier – Carlsson12:57

    xG 0.21–0.42 (33%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Johnston – Leason6:24

    xG 0.08–0.41 (16%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Fabbri – Zegras – McTavish12:37

    xG 0.04–1.08 (3%)attempts 3–24goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gudas – LaCombe10:42

    xG 0.18–0.49 (26%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  2. Dumoulin – Zellweger14:10

    xG 0.32–0.67 (33%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Luneau15:57

    xG 0.33–0.86 (28%)attempts 9–19goals 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.

ANA 1.5 xGLAK 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANALAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #926 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 89% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

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

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