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Thu, Mar 10, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

San Jose Sharks 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS114171811430
LAK21611001000336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:39SJSBrent BurnsPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:58LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Trevor Moore, Andreas Athanasiou · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P1 6:06LAKAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Trevor Moore, Olli Maatta · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:40LAKTrevor MooreSHAssists: Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 12:13SJSNick BoninoPPAssists: Jonathan Dahlen, Jake Middleton · Snap, 0.44 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:21SJSAlexander BarabanovAssists: Erik Karlsson, Tomas Hertl · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:13SJSTomas HertlGWGAssists: Alexander Barabanov, Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:07LAKQuinton Byfield: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:55LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:33SJSJonathan Dahlen: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 7:12LAKJaret Anderson-Dolan: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:18LAKSean Durzi: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:46SJSJaycob Megna: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 2:51SJSScott Reedy: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 8:19LAKBlake Lizotte: Holding2 min
  9. P3 13:57LAKArthur Kaliyev: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 15:00SJSTomas Hertl: Tripping2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSLAK
30Shots on goal36
3.8Expected goals3.5
62Shot attempts64
31Faceoffs won29
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
18Hits21
17Blocked shots16
3Giveaways6
1Takeaways3

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCogliano – Bonino – Nieto7:52

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Gregor – Gadjovich – Reedy8:11

    xG 0.23–0.32 (41%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov8:16

    xG 0.45–0.58 (43%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  4. Couture – Meier – Dahlen7:24

    xG 0.78–1.00 (44%)attempts 8–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Meloche10:41

    xG 0.90–0.28 (77%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Megna13:03

    xG 0.48–0.96 (33%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Middleton11:41

    xG 0.43–1.11 (28%)attempts 7–17goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Kempe – Kaliyev6:26

    xG 0.61–0.18 (78%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo3:54

    xG 0.64–0.27 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Iafallo – Byfield6:20

    xG 0.13–0.10 (57%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Lizotte6:15

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Roy15:45

    xG 1.69–1.12 (60%)attempts 24–19goals 2–0

  2. Durzi – Bjornfot10:56

    xG 0.60–0.54 (53%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  3. Moverare – Spence7:59

    xG 0.18–0.19 (49%)attempts 5–6goals 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.

LAK 3.5 xGSJS 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #156 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

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

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