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Tue, Nov 5, 2024·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Los Angeles Kings 5, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 86% of the time.

MIN winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK02212314528
MIN091807124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:31MINZach BogosianAssists: Frederick Gaudreau, Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:30LAKWarren FoegeleAssists: Alex Laferriere, Quinton Byfield · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:55LAKKevin FialaPPGWGAssists: Alex Laferriere, Anze Kopitar · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:39LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Andre Lee, Tanner Jeannot · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:12LAKQuinton ByfieldAssists: Vladislav Gavrikov, Trevor Moore · Tip-in, 0.06 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:14LAKTrevor LewisENAssists: Phillip Danault, Trevor Moore · Wrist, 0.55 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:04LAKJoel Edmundson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:17LAKBrandt Clarke: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:22LAKKyle Burroughs: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:38MINMarco Rossi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:46LAKAlex Laferriere: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 8:14LAKPhillip Danault: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:14MINMats Zuccarello: Roughing2 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 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKMIN
28Shots on goal24
3.7Expected goals1.4
58Shot attempts45
33Faceoffs won30
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
25Hits11
13Blocked shots9
9Giveaways13
4Takeaways7

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. bestLewis – Jeannot – Lee3:18

    xG 0.47–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Foegele – Byfield – Laferriere9:12

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe7:11

    xG 0.42–0.07 (85%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Lee3:36

    xG 0.14–0.03 (84%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAnderson – Spence10:47

    xG 0.63–0.24 (72%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Clarke11:29

    xG 0.46–0.10 (82%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Gavrikov2:55

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau8:11

    xG 0.08–0.08 (52%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Trenin – Lauko – Khusnutdinov8:15

    xG 0.22–0.39 (37%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  3. Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy11:39

    xG 0.15–0.46 (24%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi7:11

    xG 0.05–0.47 (10%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Brodin16:04

    xG 0.61–0.37 (62%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  2. Middleton – Faber14:19

    xG 0.19–0.85 (18%)attempts 8–19goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Merrill13:34

    xG 0.11–1.07 (10%)attempts 7–13goals 1–2

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.

MIN 1.4 xGLAK 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #827 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 86% of the time.

MIN winsLAK wins

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

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