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Wed, Nov 13, 2024·Ball Arena, Denver

Los Angeles Kings 2, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 87% of the time.

COL winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK290006215
COL1511328426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:32LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Trevor Moore, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:40COLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Snap, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:51LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Anze Kopitar, Trevor Moore · Snap, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:07COLMikko RantanenAssists: Cale Makar · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:01COLMikko RantanenGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Logan O'Connor · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:01COLMikko RantanenENAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Artturi Lehkonen · Wrist, 0.61 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:36LAKJoel Edmundson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:28LAKPhillip Danault: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:23COLNikolai Kovalenko: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:52LAKKevin Fiala: Elbowing2 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 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCOL
15Shots on goal26
1.4Expected goals3.5
39Shot attempts59
39Faceoffs won19
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
24Hits20
18Blocked shots15
11Giveaways12
4Takeaways4

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 – Lee – Byfield2:01

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Danault – Fiala – Laferriere3:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Moore12:40

    xG 0.74–0.96 (44%)attempts 14–14goals 2–1

  4. Lewis – Lee – Helenius6:19

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Clarke14:14

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Spence2:48

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

  3. Gavrikov – Spence4:04

    xG 0.03–0.19 (15%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen15:51

    xG 1.67–0.64 (72%)attempts 23–9goals 2–1

  2. Mittelstadt – Kovalenko – Ivan10:10

    xG 0.44–0.24 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta8:57

    xG 0.18–0.16 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirard – Makar2:40

    xG 0.60–0.04 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Makar13:56

    xG 1.07–0.65 (62%)attempts 18–10goals 0–2

  3. Manson – Girard10:22

    xG 0.16–0.01 (92%)attempts 7–7goals 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.

COL 3.5 xGLAK 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #675 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 87% of the time.

COL winsLAK wins

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

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