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Mon, Nov 4, 2024·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Los Angeles Kings 3, Nashville Predators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 84% of the time.

NSH winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11203212327
NSH060703016

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:24LAKAnze KopitarGWGAssists: Brandt Clarke, Adrian Kempe · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 0:35LAKKevin FialaAssists: Phillip Danault, Trevor Moore · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:02LAKAdrian KempeENAssists: Trevor Lewis, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 5:28LAKJoel Edmundson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 13:46NSHMark Jankowski: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 6:36NSHLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 6:36LAKTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:27LAKKyle Burroughs: Kneeing2 min
  6. P2 8:27LAKKyle Burroughs: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 8:27NSHRyan O'Reilly: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 13:29LAKPhillip Danault: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 13:29NSHJeremy Lauzon: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 1:14NSHTommy Novak: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 7:53NSHGustav Nyquist: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 12:21LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 13:26NSHJonathan Marchessault: High sticking2 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 SOG0NSH
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKNSH
27Shots on goal16
3.1Expected goals1.1
55Shot attempts39
30Faceoffs won25
4Power plays3
18Penalty minutes20
12Hits21
12Blocked shots14
10Giveaways11
8Takeaways3

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. bestFoegele – Byfield – Laferriere8:25

    xG 0.48–0.05 (91%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Danault – Fiala – Moore8:46

    xG 0.56–0.23 (71%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Turcotte5:02

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  4. Lewis – Jeannot – Thomas6:08

    xG 0.04–0.11 (26%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAnderson – Spence9:21

    xG 0.80–0.15 (85%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Burroughs – Gavrikov10:02

    xG 0.19–0.16 (55%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Anderson5:29

    xG 0.15–0.14 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestSissons – Smith – L'Heureux4:16

    xG 0.36–0.04 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Marchessault – Jankowski – Novak3:26

    xG 0.16–0.02 (88%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista2:05

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Marchessault – Parssinen3:06

    xG 0.01–0.24 (4%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLauzon – Carrier9:50

    xG 0.38–0.31 (55%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

  2. Josi – Del Gaizo3:17

    xG 0.09–0.03 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Del Gaizo8:51

    xG 0.11–0.32 (25%)attempts 4–10goals 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.

NSH 1.1 xGLAK 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NSH is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1183 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50NSH 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, Los Angeles Kings win this game 84% of the time.

NSH winsLAK wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).