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

Montréal Canadiens 0, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 88% of the time.

LAK winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL0101007018
LAK11017213430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:28LAKCarl GrundstromGWGAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Andreas Englund · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:55LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrap-around, 0.86 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:14LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Jaret Anderson-Dolan · Snap, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:26LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Kevin Fiala · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:28MTLGustav Lindstrom: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:23LAKCarl Grundstrom: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:33MTLNick Suzuki: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 17:46LAKAlex Laferriere: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 15:20LAKPierre-Luc Dubois: Delaying game face off violation2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLLAK
18Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals4.2
45Shot attempts60
30Faceoffs won20
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
27Hits19
17Blocked shots15
4Giveaways4
5Takeaways3

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGallagher – Suzuki – Newhook12:24

    xG 0.55–0.18 (75%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Caufield – Slafkovský12:02

    xG 0.13–0.63 (17%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Evans – Pezzetta – Ylonen7:17

    xG 0.00–0.56 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 0–2

  4. Pearson – Anderson – Monahan9:22

    xG 0.14–1.04 (12%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Matheson – Barron13:44

    xG 0.54–0.60 (47%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Kovacevic – Struble10:34

    xG 0.15–0.39 (28%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

  3. Matheson – Kovacevic2:07

    xG 0.00–0.91 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGrundstrom – Dubois – Laferriere8:29

    xG 0.84–0.05 (94%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Danault – Fiala – Moore12:04

    xG 1.09–0.32 (77%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Anderson-Dolan – Kaliyev8:21

    xG 0.59–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield12:30

    xG 0.36–0.43 (46%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Roy14:31

    xG 1.79–0.23 (89%)attempts 23–7goals 1–0

  2. Englund – Spence11:58

    xG 1.37–0.23 (86%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  3. Doughty – Anderson17:40

    xG 0.57–0.41 (58%)attempts 10–19goals 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 4.2 xGMTL 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1238 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 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 88% of the time.

LAK winsMTL wins

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

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