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Tue, Mar 19, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Los Angeles Kings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 71% of the time.

LAK winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1509110224
LAK1631127624

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:03LAKAlex LaferriereAssists: Blake Lizotte, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:27CHINick FolignoPPAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Seth Jones · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:32LAKVladislav GavrikovAssists: Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe · Snap, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:52LAKAnze KopitarGWGAssists: Adrian Kempe · Slap, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:08LAKAnze KopitarPPAssists: Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:47LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Trevor Moore, Kevin Fiala · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–5
  7. P3 14:16CHIKevin KorchinskiAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Connor Bedard · Slap, 0.02 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:10LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Vladislav Gavrikov · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:07LAKMatt Roy: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:14LAKAdrian Kempe: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 19:17LAKQuinton Byfield: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:54CHIConnor Bedard: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:29LAKAlex Turcotte: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHILAK
24Shots on goal24
1.5Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts43
22Faceoffs won32
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
22Hits16
9Blocked shots21
1Giveaways8
4Takeaways6

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Johnson – Kurashev – Bedard13:09

    xG 0.46–0.56 (45%)attempts 17–9goals 0–2

  2. Foligno – Athanasiou – Reichel11:05

    xG 0.18–0.40 (31%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

  3. Blackwell – Dickinson – Anderson8:55

    xG 0.13–0.52 (20%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  4. Donato – Raddysh – Slaggert8:08

    xG 0.00–0.62 (0%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZaitsev – Korchinski3:05

    xG 0.13–0.07 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Vlasic16:03

    xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Zaitsev – Kaiser14:52

    xG 0.53–0.57 (48%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Kempe – Byfield11:34

    xG 1.21–0.17 (88%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Fiala – Dubois – Laferriere2:38

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Dubois – Lizotte – Laferriere6:11

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Danault – Fiala – Moore12:39

    xG 0.39–0.34 (54%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson14:31

    xG 0.58–0.16 (78%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Englund – Spence9:21

    xG 0.63–0.24 (73%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Moverare2:41

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 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 2.6 xGCHI 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #809 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 71% of the time.

LAK winsCHI wins

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

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