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Fri, Nov 29, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings 2, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 50% of the time.

ANA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK081614218
ANA09110012131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:48ANARyan StromeAssists: Drew Helleson, Troy Terry · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:46LAKAlex TurcotteAssists: Alex Laferriere · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:18LAKAlex LaferriereGWGAssists: Brandt Clarke, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:22LAKTanner Jeannot: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:54ANARadko Gudas: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:08LAKBrandt Clarke: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 11:58ANARyan Strome: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 5:13LAKWarren Foegele: Interference2 min
  6. P3 0:00ANATrevor Zegras: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 0:00LAKMikey Anderson: Roughing2 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
18Shots on goal31
3.3Expected goals3.3
57Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits25
9Blocked shots20
11Giveaways10
6Takeaways5

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 – Laferriere11:15

    xG 0.64–0.28 (70%)attempts 16–6goals 1–1

  2. Lewis – Lee – Helenius5:59

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Turcotte3:03

    xG 0.09–0.08 (52%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Jeannot – Turcotte – Byfield5:38

    xG 0.02–0.17 (13%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gavrikov – Anderson19:45

    xG 0.60–0.59 (50%)attempts 18–16goals 0–0

  2. Edmundson – Spence2:31

    xG 0.12–0.13 (49%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Moverare – Spence8:53

    xG 0.16–0.52 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – Terry12:30

    xG 0.68–0.28 (71%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Lundeström – Leason – Gauthier9:40

    xG 0.45–0.10 (82%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Johnston – Harkins – Colangelo5:30

    xG 0.10–0.25 (29%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Zegras – McTavish11:52

    xG 0.39–0.60 (40%)attempts 11–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLaCombe – Zellweger12:43

    xG 0.94–0.27 (78%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Helleson13:32

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  3. Gudas – Mintyukov10:59

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

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 3.3 xGLAK 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #833 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 50% 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).