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Sat, Nov 18, 2023·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

St. Louis Blues 1, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 76% of the time.

LAK winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL010010110130
LAK41311008531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:25LAKQuinton ByfieldPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:44LAKBlake LizotteGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:37LAKAdrian KempeSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.22 xG0–3
  4. P1 15:20LAKPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Jordan Spence · Snap, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P2 19:36LAKKevin FialaAssists: Phillip Danault, Drew Doughty · Snap, 0.12 xG0–5
  6. P3 16:06STLJake NeighboursAssists: Sammy Blais, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:36STLNick Leddy: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:51LAKTrevor Moore: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:10LAKKevin Fiala: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 5:19STLJustin Faulk: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 9:00LAKPierre-Luc Dubois: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thomas won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLLAK
30Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals4.5
67Shot attempts67
27Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
27Hits16
15Blocked shots22
4Giveaways12
5Takeaways4

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas9:06

    xG 0.71–0.29 (71%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Vrana – Toropchenko2:35

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Buchnevich – Kapanen – Thomas3:22

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

  4. Hayes – Kapanen – Toropchenko8:01

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Perunovich7:12

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Perunovich5:36

    xG 0.02–0.10 (18%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Bortuzzo – Leddy4:38

    xG 0.10–0.40 (20%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestLewis – Grundstrom – Lizotte5:39

    xG 0.85–0.08 (91%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Danault – Fiala – Moore10:43

    xG 1.00–0.47 (68%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

  3. Dubois – Kaliyev – Laferriere11:41

    xG 0.73–0.24 (75%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield10:18

    xG 0.45–0.42 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Roy15:08

    xG 0.88–0.34 (72%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson15:10

    xG 0.98–0.75 (57%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0

  3. Gavrikov – Spence2:00

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 4.5 xGSTL 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1162 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 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, Los Angeles Kings win this game 76% of the time.

LAK winsSTL wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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