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Mon, Jan 15, 2024·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Los Angeles Kings 5, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 54% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1901047526
CAR09113110232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:24LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Phillip Danault, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:38CARJordan MartinookAssists: Seth Jarvis, Brent Burns · Snap, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:01LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Matt Roy, Vladislav Gavrikov · Poke, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:21LAKAlex LaferriereGWGAssists: Mikey Anderson, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:20LAKPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Mikey Anderson · Slap, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:58CARJack DruryAssists: Stefan Noesen, Jalen Chatfield · Backhand, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:44LAKTrevor MooreENAssists: Phillip Danault, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.75 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:51LAKJaret Anderson-Dolan: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:07CARDmitry Orlov: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:41CARSebastian Aho: Holding2 min
  4. P1 18:11LAKKevin Fiala: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 8:43LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Holding2 min
  6. P2 11:14CARStefan Noesen: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:52CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:15LAKAdrian Kempe: Interference2 min
  9. P3 16:50LAKTrevor Lewis: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Aho won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCAR
26Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals3.2
48Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won29
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
17Hits15
18Blocked shots9
15Giveaways11
6Takeaways6

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. bestDanault – Fiala – Moore11:13

    xG 0.40–0.33 (55%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield10:47

    xG 0.30–0.43 (41%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Dubois – Anderson-Dolan – Laferriere3:41

    xG 0.08–0.26 (23%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Lewis – Anderson-Dolan – Laferriere2:00

    xG 0.00–0.51 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson15:16

    xG 0.88–0.33 (73%)attempts 17–11goals 2–0

  2. Gavrikov – Roy13:29

    xG 0.52–0.53 (50%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  3. Englund – Spence9:21

    xG 0.14–0.70 (16%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Lemieux – Drury3:33

    xG 0.28–0.06 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Noesen – Bunting – Kotkaniemi4:37

    xG 0.27–0.09 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis11:25

    xG 0.50–0.47 (52%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov10:50

    xG 0.31–0.38 (45%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin12:26

    xG 1.09–0.57 (66%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

  2. Orlov – Chatfield12:30

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 11–7goals 1–2

  3. Skjei – Pesce14:17

    xG 0.26–0.69 (28%)attempts 13–17goals 0–1

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.

CAR 3.2 xGLAK 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #634 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 54% of the time.

CAR winsLAK wins

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

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