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Anaheim Ducks at Los Angeles Kings

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Los Angeles Kings
2
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Recap

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The Anaheim Ducks beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2. The Ducks scored first and never trailed. The Ducks led 2-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Ryan Kesler's goal at 18:50 of the first period, which took the Ducks' chances from 65% to 78%. Expected goals favored the Ducks, 2.4 to 1.5; shots on goal were ANA 22, LAK 25. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Ducks win a replay of these chances 58% of the time. John Gibson stopped 23 of 25 (.920); Jonathan Quick stopped 18 of 21 (.857), 1.1 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Ondrej Kase (2 G, 1 A), 2. Alex Iafallo (1 A), 3. Josh Manson.

Three stars

  1. ★
    ANA
    O. Kase2 G, 1 A
  2. ★★
    LAK
    A. Iafallo1 A
  3. ★★★
    ANA
    J. Manson

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
ANAANA2507210422
LAKLAK0708210225

Scoring

6 goals

1st period

  1. ANA
    O. Kase(10)
    R. Rakell (17), R. Getzlaf (21)
    wristxG 0.01win prob +13 pts
    1-0
    6:14
  2. ANA
    R. Kesler(2)PPG
    B. Montour (14), O. Kase (7)
    snapxG 0.05win prob +13 pts
    2-0
    18:50

3rd period

  1. ANA
    O. Kase(11)
    N. Ritchie (9)
    wristxG 0.04win prob +7 pts
    3-0
    2:10
  2. LAK
    N. Shore(3)
    C. Folin (4), T. Lewis (9)
    wristxG 0.20win prob +5 pts
    3-1
    8:32
  3. LAK
    A. Kopitar(18)
    D. Forbort (8), A. Iafallo (10)
    snapxG 0.04win prob +11 pts
    3-2
    13:46
  4. ANA
    C. Perry(7)EN
    H. Lindholm (9)
    wristxG 0.46win prob +7 pts
    4-2
    18:32

Penalties

ANA 19 PIM·LAK 19 PIM

1st

  • 2:29LAKKurtis MacDermid · Fightingdrawn by Jared Boll5 min
  • 2:29ANAJared Boll · Fightingdrawn by Kurtis MacDermid5 min
  • 2:31LAKAndy Andreoff · Fightingdrawn by Kevin Bieksa5 min
  • 2:31ANAKevin Bieksa · Fightingdrawn by Andy Andreoff5 min
  • 2:33LAKKyle Clifford · Fightingdrawn by Nick Ritchie5 min
  • 2:33ANANick Ritchie · Fightingdrawn by Kyle Clifford5 min
  • 3:41ANAAndrew Cogliano · Interferencedrawn by Adrian Kempe2 min
  • 17:31LAKDrew Doughty · Interferencedrawn by Rickard Rakell2 min

2nd

  • 17:00ANARyan Kesler · Slashingdrawn by Tyler Toffoli2 min

3rd

  • 8:50LAKDerek Forbort · High stickingdrawn by Corey Perry2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
LAK goalANA goalFinal: LAK 0%

Biggest swing: Ryan Kesler, 1st 18:50 — ANA 65% → 78%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
N. Shore · Goal · xG 0.20A. Iafallo · On goal · xG 0.17N. Shore · On goal · xG 0.15T. Lewis · On goal · xG 0.13N. Shore · Missed · xG 0.09D. Brown · On goal · xG 0.07T. Lewis · Missed · xG 0.07T. Lewis · On goal · xG 0.06A. Iafallo · Missed · xG 0.06K. Clifford · On goal · xG 0.06K. Clifford · Missed · xG 0.05A. Iafallo · On goal · xG 0.04M. Gaborik · On goal · xG 0.04A. Kopitar · Goal · xG 0.04T. Lewis · Missed · xG 0.03A. Iafallo · On goal · xG 0.03A. Kopitar · Missed · xG 0.02D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.02D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.02K. Gravel · On goal · xG 0.02A. Kempe · On goal · xG 0.02T. Toffoli · On goal · xG 0.02A. Kempe · Missed · xG 0.02A. Iafallo · On goal · xG 0.02D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.01A. Martinez · On goal · xG 0.01T. Pearson · Missed · xG 0.01D. Brown · On goal · xG 0.01K. Gravel · Missed · xG 0.01A. Kempe · Missed · xG 0.01T. Lewis · On goal · xG 0.01T. Toffoli · Missed · xG 0.01T. Toffoli · Missed · xG 0.00A. Kopitar · On goal · xG 0.00D. Forbort · On goal · xG 0.00A. Martinez · On goal · xG 0.00A. Andreoff · On goal · xG 0.00
LAK2 G · 1.5 xG · 37 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

ANAvsLAK
2.43 G
All situations
2 G1.5
1.52 G
Even strength
2 G1.2
0.41 G
Power play
0 G0.3

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 75 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
ANA58%42%LAK

Flurry-adjusted xG 1.88 – 1.51

How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.

Team stats

ANAvsLAK
22
Shots on goal
25
50%
Faceoffs
50%
1/2
Power play
0/2
19
Penalty minutes
19
38
Hits
37
19
Blocked shots
12
4
Giveaways
9
5
Takeaways
0

Box score

every player line
Anaheim Ducks skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
47H. LindholmD011+100.03120—23:41
4C. FowlerD000000.00020—23:21
15R. GetzlafC011+110.235305622:50
67R. RakellR011+110.22310—21:30
42J. MansonD000+110.11410—20:35
10C. PerryR101030.61200—19:58
14A. HenriqueC000010.102003317:29
3K. BieksaD000-120.19335—17:11
33J. SilfverbergR000020.20220—17:08
23F. BeaucheminD000000.00220—16:57
26B. MontourD011+120.04310—15:59
7A. CoglianoC000010.0710210014:52
17R. KeslerC101020.250124514:32
25O. KaseR213+140.12000—13:58
37N. RitchieL011000.1230510012:10
21C. WagnerR000020.09310—08:59
50A. VermetteC000000.000005608:21
40J. BollR000000.00405—06:29
Anaheim Ducks goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
36J. Gibson(W)25232.9201.53-0.4760:00

Season series

ANA leads 3-2

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).