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Fri, Nov 25, 2022·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Los Angeles Kings 5, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 50% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK21011029529
SJS11019012231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:55LAKJaret Anderson-DolanAssists: Blake Lizotte, Drew Doughty · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:02SJSKevin LabancAssists: Timo Meier, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:54LAKPhillip DanaultPPAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Sean Durzi · Slap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:39LAKViktor ArvidssonGWGAssists: Kevin Fiala, Sean Durzi · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:23SJSAlexander BarabanovUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:51LAKRasmus KupariAssists: Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Arthur Kaliyev · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:32LAKAnze KopitarENAssists: Adrian Kempe · Wrist, 0.69 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:10LAKBlake Lizotte: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:29SJSLuke Kunin: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 16:08SJSRadim Simek: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:19LAKMikey Anderson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 14:22LAKKevin Fiala: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSJS
29Shots on goal31
3.2Expected goals3.1
56Shot attempts70
35Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits32
23Blocked shots16
8Giveaways10
15Takeaways19

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. bestAnderson-Dolan – Kupari – Kaliyev9:04

    xG 1.06–0.12 (90%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. Grundstrom – Vilardi – Lizotte8:53

    xG 0.28–0.43 (39%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe12:29

    xG 0.33–0.59 (36%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

  4. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore11:56

    xG 0.40–0.95 (29%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Walker12:34

    xG 1.09–0.57 (66%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson19:00

    xG 0.71–0.80 (47%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. Roy – Durzi14:24

    xG 0.22–0.85 (21%)attempts 6–21goals 0–2

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHertl – Labanc – Meier13:08

    xG 0.84–0.28 (75%)attempts 15–8goals 1–2

  2. Bonino – Kunin – Gregor10:18

    xG 0.45–0.09 (84%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov8:59

    xG 0.31–0.57 (35%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Lindblom – Svechnikov – Lorentz7:50

    xG 0.25–1.07 (19%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Benning12:06

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Ferraro3:25

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Ferraro – Simek11:52

    xG 0.50–0.57 (47%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

SJS 3.1 xGLAK 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #638 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 50% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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