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Sat, Nov 19, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Los Angeles Kings 2, Seattle Kraken 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 64% of the time.

SEA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK061131901229
SEA180911111329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:42SEAJared McCannAssists: Matty Beniers, Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:52LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Alexander Edler · Bat, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:35LAKTrevor MooreSHAssists: Phillip Danault, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:53SEADaniel SprongPPAssists: Justin Schultz, Matty Beniers · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:23SEAJordan EberleGWGAssists: Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 6:22LAKSean Walker: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:45SEAJaden Schwartz: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 13:20LAKSean Walker: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 0:20LAKDrew Doughty: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0SEA
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSEA
29Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals2.5
64Shot attempts48
20Faceoffs won28
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
28Hits24
8Blocked shots23
3Giveaways5
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. bestGrundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Kupari8:17

    xG 0.32–0.03 (92%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore13:06

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  3. Fiala – Lizotte – Kaliyev4:25

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Vilardi5:57

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Roy17:41

    xG 0.70–0.34 (68%)attempts 26–12goals 1–0

  2. Moverare – Walker12:29

    xG 0.14–0.45 (24%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Doughty – Anderson21:55

    xG 0.50–1.08 (32%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Burakovsky – Wennberg13:02

    xG 0.74–0.29 (72%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – McCann – Beniers12:50

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  3. Donato – Sprong – Geekie4:21

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Donato – Tanev4:28

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Soucy13:26

    xG 0.90–0.46 (66%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn19:35

    xG 0.55–0.44 (56%)attempts 12–23goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Fleury2:23

    xG 0.09–0.11 (46%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

SEA 2.5 xGLAK 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEALAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #637 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 64% of the time.

SEA winsLAK wins

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

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