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Sat, Dec 17, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

San Jose Sharks 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 66% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS1711305001225
LAK11211705072341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:54LAKPhillip DanaultPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Pheonix Copley · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:23SJSTimo MeierPPAssists: Logan Couture, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:26SJSKevin LabancAssists: Timo Meier · Slap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:16LAKJaret Anderson-DolanAssists: Mikey Anderson, Gabriel Vilardi · Snap, 0.20 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Gabriel Vilardi stopped
  2. 2. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  3. 3. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  4. 4. SJS Nick Bonino stopped
  5. 5. LAK Kevin Fiala scored
  6. 6. SJS Kevin Labanc scored
  7. 7. LAK Trevor Moore scored
  8. 8. SJS Alexander Barabanov stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:45SJSRadim Simek: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:51LAKRasmus Kupari: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:08SJSJaycob Megna: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:47SJSEvgeny Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 9:25SJSNoah Gregor: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 15:13LAKKevin Fiala: Hooking2 min
  7. OT 0:17LAKPhillip Danault: Slashing2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
49% to win51% to win
← SJS attackLAK 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.

SJSLAK
25Shots on goal41
2.9Expected goals3.9
53Shot attempts70
31Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
36Hits26
20Blocked shots17
3Giveaways5
1Takeaways2

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Couture – Barabanov10:29

    xG 0.58–0.14 (80%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  2. Svechnikov – Gregor – Sturm8:49

    xG 0.71–0.32 (69%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Hertl – Labanc – Meier11:47

    xG 0.55–0.68 (45%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  4. Lindblom – Lorentz – Gadjovich8:49

    xG 0.03–0.26 (10%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Megna17:23

    xG 0.86–0.51 (63%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Harrington3:18

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Harrington – Simek10:17

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson-Dolan – Vilardi – Kupari6:25

    xG 0.45–0.18 (72%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Anderson-Dolan – Iafallo – Lizotte2:19

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

  3. Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe13:12

    xG 0.42–0.49 (46%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  4. Danault – Moore – Iafallo9:59

    xG 0.29–0.53 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Spence11:02

    xG 0.54–0.21 (72%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Roy – Durzi15:05

    xG 0.70–0.72 (49%)attempts 20–17goals 0–1

  3. Doughty – Anderson18:22

    xG 0.44–0.86 (34%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

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.

LAK 3.9 xGSJS 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #603 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 66% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

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

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