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Sun, Jan 23, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Los Angeles Kings 3, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 56% of the time.

NJD winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK16114117337
NJD21005010225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:37NJDJesper BrattAssists: Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:47LAKAlex IafalloUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:34NJDJesper BrattPPAssists: Jack Hughes, Damon Severson · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:59LAKViktor ArvidssonAssists: Trevor Moore · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:05LAKCarl GrundstromGWGAssists: Dustin Brown, Tobias Bjornfot · Snap, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:53LAKDustin Brown: Embellishment2 min
  2. P1 4:53NJDMichael McLeod: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 8:04NJDJesper Bratt: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 8:04LAKCarl Grundstrom: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 8:04NJDJesper Bratt: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 8:07LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 16:33LAKCarl Grundstrom: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 3:06NJDJanne Kuokkanen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 19:38NJDTomas Tatar: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00McLeod won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKNJD
37Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals2.6
58Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
31Hits29
11Blocked shots9
5Giveaways9
7Takeaways9

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 – Moore10:29

    xG 0.70–0.18 (79%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Brown – Grundstrom – Byfield7:11

    xG 0.54–0.21 (72%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev10:12

    xG 0.32–0.50 (39%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo12:43

    xG 0.43–0.69 (39%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson19:51

    xG 0.71–0.26 (73%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Durzi – Bjornfot9:22

    xG 0.78–0.80 (49%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

  3. Maatta – Roy17:48

    xG 0.73–0.89 (45%)attempts 17–20goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBratt – Sharangovich – Hughes9:29

    xG 0.74–0.41 (64%)attempts 14–7goals 1–2

  2. Tatar – Vesey – Hischier11:01

    xG 0.73–0.78 (48%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Johnsson – Zacha – Mercer10:33

    xG 0.39–0.61 (39%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Bastian – McLeod – Kuokkanen8:18

    xG 0.12–0.33 (26%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Jaros7:40

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Siegenthaler18:04

    xG 0.85–0.69 (55%)attempts 16–17goals 1–1

  3. Subban – Graves16:27

    xG 0.63–0.62 (50%)attempts 16–12goals 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.

NJD 2.6 xGLAK 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #752 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 56% of the time.

NJD winsLAK wins

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

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