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Tue, Jan 31, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Los Angeles Kings 4, Carolina Hurricanes 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK08480401421
CAR19083914530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:27CARBrent BurnsAssists: Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:51LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:34LAKKevin FialaAssists: Blake Lizotte · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:21LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Snap, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P2 15:21LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P3 3:27CARPaul StastnyAssists: Derek Stepan, Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:54CARJordan StaalAssists: Brett Pesce, Jesper Fast · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:31CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Brady Skjei, Andrei Svechnikov · Slap, 0.08 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:06CARSebastian AhoPPGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Martin Necas · Snap, 0.15 xG4–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 5:14CARTeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 15:15CARTeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 12:10LAKQuinton Byfield: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. OT 3:14LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 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 SOG0CAR
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCAR
21Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals3.5
36Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won37
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits21
14Blocked shots7
4Giveaways18
10Takeaways17

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 – Iafallo14:10

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  2. Lemieux – Kupari – Turcotte6:07

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Fiala – Anderson-Dolan – Lizotte14:15

    xG 0.16–0.36 (30%)attempts 6–14goals 1–1

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield14:07

    xG 0.43–1.18 (27%)attempts 9–17goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRoy – Durzi16:14

    xG 0.52–0.31 (63%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  2. Doughty – Roy2:18

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Walker15:25

    xG 0.57–0.92 (38%)attempts 11–16goals 1–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Fast – Martinook11:57

    xG 1.18–0.44 (73%)attempts 15–9goals 1–2

  2. Necas – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov10:32

    xG 0.30–0.01 (96%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  3. Noesen – Aho – Necas5:19

    xG 0.27–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis10:48

    xG 0.37–0.42 (47%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce19:56

    xG 1.91–0.59 (76%)attempts 33–11goals 1–2

  2. de Haan – Coghlan13:23

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Burns – Chatfield20:43

    xG 0.22–0.73 (23%)attempts 12–17goals 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.

CAR 3.5 xGLAK 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #86 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

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

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