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Tue, Feb 28, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Los Angeles Kings 6, Winnipeg Jets 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK01131429031637
WPG2939010030531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:52WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Poke, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:35WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Dylan DeMelo · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:26LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:08WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:14LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Alexander Edler, Quinton Byfield · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:43LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:00WPGKevin StenlundAssists: Josh Morrissey, Dylan DeMelo · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P2 18:26WPGKevin StenlundSHAssists: Adam Lowry · Snap, 0.17 xG3–5
  9. P3 1:26LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Carl Grundstrom, Sean Durzi · Slap, 0.10 xG4–5
  10. P3 15:54LAKGabriel VilardiAssists: Blake Lizotte, Alex Iafallo · Snap, 0.14 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Mark Scheifele stopped
  2. 2. LAK Gabriel Vilardi stopped
  3. 3. WPG Kyle Connor stopped
  4. 4. LAK Adrian Kempe scored
  5. 5. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:58LAKAlexander Edler: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:20WPGNeal Pionk: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:15WPGLogan Stanley: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 13:58WPGBrenden Dillon: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 18:09WPGNino Niederreiter: Illegal check to head2 min
  6. P2 18:09WPGNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:09LAKAdrian Kempe: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:21LAKAdrian Kempe: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 12:19LAKBlake Lizotte: 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 SOG0WPG
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKWPG
37Shots on goal31
3.8Expected goals3.1
70Shot attempts66
33Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
25Hits33
23Blocked shots20
7Giveaways9
4Takeaways13

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. bestKopitar – Kempe – Byfield10:41

    xG 0.78–0.21 (79%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  2. Grundstrom – Kupari – Kaliyev5:04

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Vilardi – Iafallo – Lizotte10:33

    xG 0.59–0.50 (54%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  4. Danault – Fiala – Arvidsson12:44

    xG 0.06–0.93 (6%)attempts 14–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson19:51

    xG 1.18–1.03 (53%)attempts 23–20goals 2–2

  2. Edler – Walker10:22

    xG 0.42–0.52 (45%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  3. Roy – Durzi14:15

    xG 0.38–0.65 (37%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor9:33

    xG 0.80–0.27 (75%)attempts 10–12goals 2–1

  2. Stenlund – Barron – Kuhlman5:30

    xG 0.55–0.03 (94%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Niederreiter – Scheifele – Ehlers2:02

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Lowry – Ehlers5:03

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey12:10

    xG 1.40–0.35 (80%)attempts 23–15goals 4–0

  2. Schmidt – Stanley3:10

    xG 0.09–0.02 (85%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Schmidt – Morrissey2:33

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

WPG 3.1 xGLAK 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #24 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.68 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 61% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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