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Thu, Mar 28, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 1, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK06011115132
EDM181725420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:37EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Evan Bouchard · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:44EDMAdam HenriqueGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Deflected, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:05EDMEvan BouchardPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Slap, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:47LAKArthur KaliyevAssists: Quinton Byfield · Snap, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:19EDMCody CeciENAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:40EDMEvander Kane: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:59LAKBlake Lizotte: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 4:59EDMLeon Draisaitl: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 14:11LAKAlex Laferriere: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 1:31EDMZach Hyman: Interference2 min
  6. P3 4:42LAKMatt Roy: Slashing2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
32Shots on goal20
2.5Expected goals3.0
59Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
32Hits47
18Blocked shots16
9Giveaways13
7Takeaways10

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. bestKopitar – Kempe – Byfield8:36

    xG 0.65–0.26 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Arvidsson3:17

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Lizotte – Byfield2:02

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Arvidsson – Dubois – Laferriere5:23

    xG 0.01–0.29 (3%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson16:25

    xG 1.05–0.53 (66%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. Englund – Spence8:23

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Gavrikov – Roy15:54

    xG 0.31–1.01 (23%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Draisaitl – Foegele8:22

    xG 0.98–0.56 (64%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Kane – McLeod8:40

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid2:08

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Janmark – Ryan5:11

    xG 0.15–0.23 (39%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse14:13

    xG 1.01–0.46 (69%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Ekholm – Bouchard15:28

    xG 0.51–0.82 (38%)attempts 12–17goals 1–1

  3. Kulak – Desharnais13:19

    xG 0.44–0.76 (37%)attempts 6–16goals 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.

EDM 3.0 xGLAK 2.5 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 22/100 · #1050 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% 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).