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Mon, Jan 22, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

San Jose Sharks 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 78% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS0621118022427
LAK018110214050347

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:46SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: Mike Hoffman, Tomas Hertl · Snap, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:06SJSWilliam EklundAssists: Nico Sturm, Jan Rutta · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:06LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Kevin Fiala · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:33LAKQuinton ByfieldAssists: Adrian Kempe, Jordan Spence · Slap, 0.45 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:17SJSJustin BaileyAssists: Ryan Carpenter · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:02LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Quinton Byfield · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Trevor Moore stopped
  2. 2. SJS Logan Couture scored
  3. 3. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  4. 4. SJS Fabian Zetterlund scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:14SJSAnthony Duclair: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 13:13LAKJordan Spence: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 18:20SJSLuke Kunin: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 17:23SJSKaapo Kahkonen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSLAK
27Shots on goal47
3.1Expected goals5.1
61Shot attempts90
29Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
26Hits20
20Blocked shots21
4Giveaways5
4Takeaways4

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Duclair – Barabanov7:59

    xG 0.68–0.47 (59%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Zetterlund – Eklund3:30

    xG 0.04–0.02 (66%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Zetterlund – Barabanov2:00

    xG 0.08–0.15 (34%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Kunin – Sturm – Eklund8:04

    xG 0.32–0.46 (41%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Ferraro8:23

    xG 0.54–0.14 (79%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Burroughs – Thrun3:45

    xG 0.04–0.10 (31%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  3. Burroughs – Okhotiuk6:40

    xG 0.29–0.64 (31%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Fiala – Moore16:21

    xG 1.42–0.61 (70%)attempts 24–15goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield5:57

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Grundstrom – Fagemo5:59

    xG 0.47–0.13 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Dubois – Anderson-Dolan – Laferriere2:52

    xG 0.08–0.11 (40%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnglund – Spence12:24

    xG 1.25–0.43 (74%)attempts 23–12goals 1–1

  2. Gavrikov – Clarke12:58

    xG 1.09–0.49 (69%)attempts 23–13goals 0–1

  3. Doughty – Clarke2:34

    xG 0.59–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 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 5.1 xGSJS 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #112 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.54 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 78% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

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

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