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Sat, Mar 26, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Seattle Kraken 2, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 67% of the time.

LAK winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA05110110225
LAK11021116427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:05LAKGabriel VilardiAssists: Olli Maatta · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:17LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Alex Iafallo, Adrian Kempe · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:29SEADaniel SprongAssists: Carson Soucy · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:47LAKJordan SpenceGWGAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Blake Lizotte · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:35LAKSean DurziPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe · Snap, 0.38 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:56SEAMorgan GeekieAssists: Will Borgen, Kole Lind · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 13:18LAKAdrian Kempe: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 17:55SEAAdam Larsson: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 2:41SEAMorgan Geekie: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 2:41LAKQuinton Byfield: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 3:13SEAJordan Eberle: Hooking2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEALAK
25Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals3.8
47Shot attempts58
16Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
36Hits27
12Blocked shots11
8Giveaways10
4Takeaways3

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestMcCann – Lind – Geekie10:39

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Rask – Gourde – Kuhlman11:11

    xG 0.97–0.86 (53%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Eberle – Wennberg – Donato11:21

    xG 0.33–0.40 (45%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Sheahan – Donskoi – Sprong8:44

    xG 0.10–0.78 (12%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPouliot – Borgen15:05

    xG 0.74–0.25 (75%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Oleksiak – Soucy15:19

    xG 1.36–1.29 (51%)attempts 19–20goals 1–1

  3. Larsson – Dunn17:25

    xG 0.39–1.09 (26%)attempts 9–19goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Kempe – Iafallo11:18

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Grundstrom – Lizotte – Kaliyev8:00

    xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  3. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore13:20

    xG 1.34–1.27 (51%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  4. Vilardi – Kupari – Byfield13:04

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Durzi – Bjornfot17:31

    xG 1.23–1.20 (51%)attempts 15–17goals 1–1

  2. Maatta – Stecher15:02

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Moverare – Spence16:23

    xG 0.69–0.83 (45%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

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.

LAK 3.8 xGSEA 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #817 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 67% of the time.

LAK winsSEA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).