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Sat, Nov 9, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 83% of the time.

LAK winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ1701118226
LAK0621037523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:26CBJDmitri VoronkovAssists: Justin Danforth · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:16LAKVladislav GavrikovAssists: Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:12LAKWarren FoegeleAssists: Akil Thomas, Samuel Helenius · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:30LAKTrevor MooreSHGWGAssists: Phillip Danault · Snap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:49CBJIvan ProvorovPPAssists: Justin Danforth, Adam Fantilli · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:05LAKAlex LaferriereAssists: Joel Edmundson, Warren Foegele · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:29LAKBrandt ClarkeENAssists: Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe · Wrist, 0.70 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:55CBJMikael Pyyhtia: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:40CBJSean Monahan: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:43LAKAdrian Kempe: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:06LAKAndreas Englund: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 9:06CBJMathieu Olivier: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:29CBJAdam Fantilli: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 19:40LAKSamuel Helenius: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 3:06LAKKevin Fiala: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 17:42CBJSean Monahan: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJLAK
26Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals4.3
60Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
16Hits8
12Blocked shots22
10Giveaways14
4Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestKuraly – Labanc – Aston-Reese8:00

    xG 0.36–0.18 (66%)attempts 16–5goals 0–1

  2. Olivier – Danforth – Voronkov7:28

    xG 0.13–0.12 (51%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Pyyhtia – Sillinger – Fantilli11:28

    xG 0.11–0.28 (28%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Monahan – Marchenko – Chinakhov10:37

    xG 0.27–0.51 (35%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Provorov2:12

    xG 0.13–0.04 (77%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Christiansen13:08

    xG 0.45–0.41 (52%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Jiricek6:22

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Fiala – Moore8:49

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Thomas – Lee – Helenius5:30

    xG 0.10–0.04 (73%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Lewis – Kempe7:22

    xG 0.26–0.22 (55%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Foegele – Byfield – Laferriere8:45

    xG 0.27–0.29 (48%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Anderson16:37

    xG 0.49–0.29 (63%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Clarke14:40

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 13–15goals 2–1

  3. Edmundson – Spence3:48

    xG 0.08–0.21 (29%)attempts 3–4goals 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 4.3 xGCBJ 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #574 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 83% of the time.

LAK winsCBJ wins

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

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