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Sun, Dec 5, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 5, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK113113314540
EDM0611204122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:01LAKRasmus KupariAssists: Trevor Moore · Deflected, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:42LAKAdrian KempeGWGAssists: Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty · Snap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:04EDMDarnell NurseSHAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:38LAKAdrian KempePPAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.57 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:03LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Viktor Arvidsson · Slap, 0.23 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:57LAKTrevor MoorePPAssists: Lias Andersson, Sean Durzi · Slap, 0.25 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:33LAKAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:45LAKSean Durzi: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:21EDMPhilip Broberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:46EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min
  5. P2 15:46LAKDustin Brown: Holding2 min
  6. P3 13:27EDMConnor McDavid: Boarding5 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:27EDMConnor McDavid: Game misconduct10 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
40Shots on goal22
4.0Expected goals3.3
62Shot attempts50
25Faceoffs won28
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes19
16Hits28
19Blocked shots10
12Giveaways10
8Takeaways9

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 – Arvidsson – Iafallo13:00

    xG 0.92–0.09 (91%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Tynan – Grundstrom – Kaliyev5:22

    xG 0.43–0.05 (90%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Andersson – Kupari8:41

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Kempe10:23

    xG 0.50–0.75 (40%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Roy13:46

    xG 0.95–0.09 (91%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. Durzi – Bjornfot8:57

    xG 0.80–0.50 (62%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Anderson18:55

    xG 0.71–1.12 (39%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi4:54

    xG 0.62–0.08 (89%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi5:56

    xG 0.28–0.24 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Benson – McLeod6:34

    xG 0.05–0.24 (17%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto5:58

    xG 0.16–0.50 (24%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Nurse – Bouchard18:50

    xG 1.06–1.02 (51%)attempts 17–19goals 0–1

  2. Barrie – Niemelainen14:09

    xG 0.17–0.66 (21%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Broberg8:38

    xG 0.01–0.76 (1%)attempts 2–13goals 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.

EDM 3.3 xGLAK 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #989 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 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 62% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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