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Mon, Feb 26, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 2, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK111115014240
EDM18111212431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:45LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Quinton Byfield, Andreas Englund · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:36EDMZach HymanAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:34LAKAlex LaferriereAssists: Anze Kopitar, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:56EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Evan Bouchard, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:25EDMEvan BouchardGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:31EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Connor Brown, Mattias Janmark · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 8:16EDMEvan Bouchard: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 9:52EDMVincent Desharnais: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 15:43LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 11:45LAKMatt Roy: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 13:53LAKTrevor Lewis: Roughing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
40Shots on goal31
3.1Expected goals3.0
63Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
39Hits34
15Blocked shots10
7Giveaways14
8Takeaways10

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. bestLewis – Lizotte – Kaliyev4:51

    xG 0.47–0.17 (74%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Laferriere10:11

    xG 0.34–0.43 (44%)attempts 7–14goals 1–1

  3. Danault – Fiala – Moore10:46

    xG 0.45–0.58 (44%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  4. Dubois – Anderson-Dolan – Byfield6:25

    xG 0.06–0.23 (20%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnglund – Spence9:10

    xG 0.54–0.20 (72%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Gavrikov19:07

    xG 0.74–0.77 (49%)attempts 18–19goals 0–3

  3. Roy – Moverare15:17

    xG 0.51–0.92 (36%)attempts 13–20goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Foegele – McLeod10:24

    xG 0.68–0.22 (76%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid14:02

    xG 0.92–0.66 (58%)attempts 17–13goals 2–1

  3. Kane – Nugent-Hopkins – Janmark10:09

    xG 0.16–0.07 (69%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Ryan – Holloway5:21

    xG 0.20–0.46 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Desharnais13:54

    xG 0.92–0.20 (82%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Ekholm – Bouchard15:38

    xG 0.55–0.33 (63%)attempts 16–10goals 2–1

  3. Ceci – Nurse14:27

    xG 0.35–0.95 (27%)attempts 16–18goals 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.

EDM 3.0 xGLAK 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #742 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 51% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).