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Thu, Oct 24, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

San Jose Sharks 2, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 81% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0717112226
LAK3170706330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:31LAKJordan SpenceAssists: Trevor Moore, Phillip Danault · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:47LAKWarren FoegeleAssists: Alex Laferriere · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:36LAKWarren FoegeleGWGAssists: Alex Laferriere, Brandt Clarke · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:05SJSMikael GranlundPPAssists: Jack Thompson, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:00SJSMikael GranlundPPAssists: Jack Thompson, Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 9:17LAKAndre Lee: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 9:17SJSLuke Kunin: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:55LAKTrevor Lewis: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 19:23LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 0:53SJSJake Walman: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 8:37LAKKyle Burroughs: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:20SJSDanil Gushchin: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 14:15SJSTyler Toffoli: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 14:15LAKTanner Jeannot: High sticking2 min
  10. P2 19:04LAKTrevor Lewis: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 14:06LAKJordan Spence: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 18:55LAKKevin Fiala: Tripping2 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
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSLAK
26Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals3.9
62Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won27
6Power plays2
11Penalty minutes19
39Hits24
13Blocked shots24
13Giveaways21
9Takeaways8

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. Goodrow – Grundstrom – Dellandrea7:47

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Kunin – Kostin – Sturm2:22

    xG 0.04–0.20 (17%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Wennberg – Zetterlund – Gushchin5:14

    xG 0.15–0.53 (22%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Granlund – Eklund9:04

    xG 0.20–1.22 (14%)attempts 7–18goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Ferraro – Rutta13:00

    xG 0.39–0.42 (48%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Ceci – Walman12:41

    xG 0.38–0.88 (30%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  3. Thrun – Thompson8:49

    xG 0.20–0.89 (18%)attempts 8–13goals 0–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFoegele – Turcotte – Laferriere9:58

    xG 0.81–0.25 (76%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  2. Danault – Fiala – Moore9:01

    xG 0.56–0.08 (88%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Jeannot – Lee6:14

    xG 0.44–0.18 (71%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield9:36

    xG 0.50–0.37 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Gavrikov11:34

    xG 1.16–0.22 (84%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Edmundson – Clarke11:28

    xG 0.84–0.21 (80%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Anderson – Spence13:30

    xG 0.46–0.47 (49%)attempts 8–18goals 2–0

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 3.9 xGSJS 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #516 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +11 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 81% 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).