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Wed, Mar 20, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Minnesota Wild 0, Los Angeles Kings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 67% of the time.

LAK winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN01009012031
LAK3113907627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:08LAKPhillip DanaultGWGAssists: Trevor Moore, Kevin Fiala · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:03LAKKevin FialaPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe · Snap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:26LAKViktor ArvidssonAssists: Mikey Anderson, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 0:28LAKMatt RoyAssists: Quinton Byfield, Adrian Kempe · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P2 7:34LAKJordan SpencePPAssists: Trevor Moore, Phillip Danault · Snap, 0.06 xG0–5
  6. P2 17:15LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Drew Doughty, Viktor Arvidsson · Slap, 0.08 xG0–6
Penalties (26)
  1. P1 10:19LAKAndreas Englund: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:19MINJake Middleton: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:08MINMatt Boldy: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:51LAKAdrian Kempe: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 17:51MINRyan Hartman: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 2:05LAKDrew Doughty: Interference2 min
  7. P2 5:50MINMats Zuccarello: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 15:13MINMarcus Foligno: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P2 19:54LAKPierre-Luc Dubois: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 8:59MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 8:59LAKPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 8:59MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 8:59LAKPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 8:59MINJake Middleton: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 8:59LAKPierre-Luc Dubois: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 8:59MINRyan Hartman: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 14:16LAKAnze Kopitar: Misconduct10 min
  18. P3 14:16LAKAdrian Kempe: Misconduct10 min
  19. P3 14:16LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Misconduct10 min
  20. P3 14:16LAKMatt Roy: Misconduct10 min
  21. P3 14:16MINJake Lucchini: Misconduct10 min
  22. P3 14:16MINZach Bogosian: Misconduct10 min
  23. P3 14:16MINDeclan Chisholm: Misconduct10 min
  24. P3 14:16LAKQuinton Byfield: Misconduct10 min
  25. P3 14:16MINMason Shaw: Misconduct10 min
  26. P3 14:16MINAdam Beckman: Misconduct10 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINLAK
31Shots on goal27
3.3Expected goals2.3
63Shot attempts49
30Faceoffs won23
2Power plays4
79Penalty minutes75
19Hits17
13Blocked shots14
3Giveaways1
4Takeaways1

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestShaw – Lucchini – Beckman3:43

    xG 0.23–0.06 (79%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi11:33

    xG 0.18–0.16 (52%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  3. Johansson – Gaudreau – Khusnutdinov3:12

    xG 0.01–0.06 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Hartman – Boldy4:01

    xG 0.05–0.18 (22%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiddleton – Faber13:26

    xG 1.28–0.50 (72%)attempts 22–12goals 0–3

  2. Merrill – Mermis12:16

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Chisholm11:09

    xG 0.17–0.22 (44%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Fiala – Moore10:10

    xG 0.51–0.33 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Arvidsson – Dubois – Laferriere7:52

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Lizotte – Laferriere4:06

    xG 0.06–0.20 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield7:48

    xG 0.20–0.55 (27%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gavrikov – Roy11:20

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 9–12goals 3–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson10:12

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Englund – Spence8:41

    xG 0.21–0.26 (44%)attempts 8–7goals 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 2.3 xGMIN 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1286 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 67% of the time.

LAK winsMIN wins

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

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