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Wed, Mar 30, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 3, Edmonton Oilers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK11527017020341
EDM21119011032434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:46LAKAlexander EdlerAssists: Carl Grundstrom · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:24EDMCody CeciAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:08EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Zach Hyman, Brett Kulak · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:07EDMConnor McDavidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:54LAKQuinton ByfieldUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 6:08LAKCarl GrundstromAssists: Phillip Danault, Alexander Edler · Slap, 0.15 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Leon Draisaitl scored
  2. 2. LAK Viktor Arvidsson stopped
  3. 3. EDM Connor McDavid scored
  4. 4. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:43EDMConnor McDavid: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 17:19LAKRasmus Kupari: Holding2 min
  3. P3 0:19EDMEvander Kane: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 8:55LAKAnze Kopitar: Holding2 min
  5. P3 9:22EDMZach Hyman: High sticking2 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 McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
41Shots on goal34
3.8Expected goals3.9
65Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
28Hits32
18Blocked shots14
17Giveaways27
10Takeaways12

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. Grundstrom – Kaliyev – Byfield2:17

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Vilardi – Kupari – Byfield8:49

    xG 0.54–0.61 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore13:40

    xG 0.34–0.41 (45%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo14:19

    xG 0.52–0.81 (39%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoverare – Stecher2:10

    xG 0.49–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Spence8:23

    xG 0.32–0.27 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Stecher10:47

    xG 0.75–0.77 (49%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Draisaitl – Yamamoto11:29

    xG 1.43–0.79 (65%)attempts 22–15goals 1–1

  2. Kane – McDavid – Puljujarvi16:33

    xG 0.56–0.22 (72%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele – Ryan5:13

    xG 0.02–0.12 (13%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Foegele – Ryan – McLeod4:49

    xG 0.02–0.18 (8%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse18:41

    xG 1.66–0.87 (66%)attempts 24–17goals 2–0

  2. Keith – Bouchard15:18

    xG 0.63–0.64 (50%)attempts 19–14goals 0–2

  3. Barrie – Kulak14:32

    xG 0.27–0.53 (33%)attempts 9–10goals 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.

EDM 3.9 xGLAK 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 73/100 · #415 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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