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Sat, Oct 22, 2022·Capital One Arena, Washington

Los Angeles Kings 3, Washington Capitals 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 65% of the time.

WSH winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0528113326
WSH0807417432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:26LAKSean DurziAssists: Viktor Arvidsson · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:23LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Trevor Moore · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:11WSHNic DowdAssists: Nick Jensen · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:10WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:59WSHLars EllerAssists: Dmitry Orlov, John Carlson · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:31LAKViktor ArvidssonAssists: Trevor Moore · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:35WSHMarcus JohanssonGWGAssists: Dmitry Orlov, T.J. Oshie · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:38LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:02LAKKevin Fiala: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 12:57LAKAdrian Kempe: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 16:48WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov: 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 SOG0WSH
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Kuznetsov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKWSH
26Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals2.7
53Shot attempts66
36Faceoffs won20
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
16Hits32
18Blocked shots17
9Giveaways9
8Takeaways6

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 – Moore10:24

    xG 0.90–0.35 (72%)attempts 12–17goals 3–0

  2. Vilardi – Kaliyev – Byfield8:44

    xG 0.22–0.25 (47%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Lemieux – Grundstrom – Lizotte10:31

    xG 0.15–0.25 (38%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe13:18

    xG 0.48–0.76 (39%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRoy – Durzi13:53

    xG 0.63–0.36 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  2. Doughty – Anderson18:45

    xG 0.47–0.61 (43%)attempts 15–20goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Clarke10:30

    xG 0.44–0.84 (34%)attempts 7–19goals 1–3

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Mantha – Protas11:43

    xG 0.54–0.13 (81%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  2. Oshie – Johansson – Strome7:41

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Oshie – Johansson – Kuznetsov4:24

    xG 0.11–0.23 (34%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Dowd – Hathaway – Snively6:57

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Orlov13:53

    xG 1.27–0.48 (73%)attempts 25–12goals 3–2

  2. Orlov – Jensen2:18

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk10:14

    xG 0.11–0.32 (25%)attempts 3–10goals 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.

WSH 2.7 xGLAK 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 87/100 · #219 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.14 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 65% of the time.

WSH winsLAK wins

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

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