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Sat, Mar 25, 2023·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Winnipeg Jets 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0811305126
LAK1141926429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:22LAKViktor ArvidssonAssists: Trevor Moore · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:28LAKAlex IafalloPPGWGAssists: Phillip Danault, Sean Walker · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:37WPGPierre-Luc DuboisPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Neal Pionk · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:27LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:24LAKViktor ArvidssonENAssists: Mikey Anderson, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.56 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:52WPGNeal Pionk: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 11:02LAKTrevor Moore: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:53LAKAlex Iafallo: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:53WPGBrenden Dillon: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 3:41WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:08LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 14:10LAKBlake Lizotte: Match penalty5 min · PPG
  8. P3 15:29LAKAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 19:48LAKQuinton Byfield: High sticking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
49% to win51% to win
← WPG attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lizotte won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGLAK
26Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals2.1
62Shot attempts45
17Faceoffs won34
6Power plays2
6Penalty minutes15
36Hits24
12Blocked shots18
2Giveaways11
4Takeaways6

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Namestnikov – Appleton8:24

    xG 0.39–0.12 (76%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Connor – Dubois9:55

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers8:29

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  4. Maenalanen – Stenlund – Barron4:31

    xG 0.15–0.23 (39%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Morrissey4:24

    xG 0.47–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk9:38

    xG 0.50–0.26 (66%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey10:27

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 9–6goals 0–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore9:09

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Grundstrom – MacEwen – Kupari5:38

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Vilardi – Iafallo – Kupari2:16

    xG 0.01–0.03 (16%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Vilardi – Iafallo – Lizotte4:30

    xG 0.03–0.24 (13%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Doughty – Anderson14:12

    xG 0.42–0.57 (43%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

  2. Gavrikov – Roy13:26

    xG 0.19–0.38 (34%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Walker11:00

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 12–15goals 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.

LAK 2.1 xGWPG 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #1001 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50LAK 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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

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

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