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Thu, Mar 30, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 0, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK011013019043
EDM110017110237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:08EDMEvander KaneGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Kailer Yamamoto · Slap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:53EDMConnor McDavidSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.37 xG0–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:28EDMConnor McDavid: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 6:19LAKAlex Iafallo: Interference2 min
  3. P2 11:06EDMVincent Desharnais: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 18:26LAKViktor Arvidsson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:36EDMNick Bjugstad: 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 SOG0EDM
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
43Shots on goal37
3.6Expected goals4.3
65Shot attempts57
37Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits34
10Blocked shots15
10Giveaways11
11Takeaways11

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. Grundstrom – Iafallo – Lizotte8:34

    xG 0.31–0.33 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield13:49

    xG 0.51–0.58 (47%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  3. MacEwen – Kupari – Kaliyev2:41

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore12:19

    xG 0.45–1.16 (28%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRoy – Durzi3:59

    xG 0.16–0.05 (78%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Roy4:15

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Roy10:47

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid11:23

    xG 1.24–0.66 (65%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto10:54

    xG 0.37–0.17 (69%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Kane – Hyman – Draisaitl2:20

    xG 0.24–0.11 (70%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Janmark – Foegele7:21

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Desharnais10:34

    xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  2. Ekholm – Bouchard12:35

    xG 0.99–0.90 (52%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Nurse16:46

    xG 0.75–0.70 (52%)attempts 19–14goals 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.

EDM 4.3 xGLAK 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1231 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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