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Sat, Nov 23, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Seattle Kraken 1, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 63% of the time.

LAK winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA050718120
LAK0421205221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:19LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Alex Turcotte, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:03LAKQuinton ByfieldPPGWGAssists: Kevin Fiala, Anze Kopitar · Snap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:26SEABrandon MontourAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Yanni Gourde · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 5:03SEAYanni Gourde: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P2 12:41LAKBrandt Clarke: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 12:41SEATye Kartye: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 14:16LAKAdrian Kempe: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:30LAKJordan Spence: Holding2 min
  6. P3 16:03LAKAlex Laferriere: 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEALAK
20Shots on goal21
1.8Expected goals2.4
44Shot attempts58
21Faceoffs won24
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
24Hits24
15Blocked shots15
14Giveaways11
3Takeaways4

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Stephenson – Sprong10:44

    xG 0.65–0.44 (60%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Tanev – Kartye – Meyers5:02

    xG 0.21–0.03 (89%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Gourde – Tanev – Kartye2:14

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Burakovsky – McCann – Beniers8:33

    xG 0.11–0.47 (19%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Evans17:11

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  2. Oleksiak – Montour15:02

    xG 0.75–0.72 (51%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  3. Montour – Evans2:07

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Kempe – Turcotte11:35

    xG 0.50–0.10 (83%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Foegele – Byfield – Laferriere10:03

    xG 0.62–0.49 (56%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Jeannot – Helenius7:57

    xG 0.06–0.11 (34%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Danault – Fiala – Moore11:32

    xG 0.12–0.55 (18%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Anderson17:44

    xG 0.77–0.30 (72%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  2. Edmundson – Clarke15:14

    xG 0.75–0.68 (52%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  3. Edmundson – Spence2:02

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 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 2.4 xGSEA 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1161 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50LAK 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 63% of the time.

LAK winsSEA wins

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

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