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Mon, Nov 25, 2024·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Los Angeles Kings 2, San Jose Sharks 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0621305224
SJS1615510721

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:47SJSNico SturmAssists: Mario Ferraro, Yaroslav Askarov · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:32LAKBrandt ClarkeAssists: Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:58LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Adrian Kempe, Warren Foegele · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:59SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: William Eklund, Macklin Celebrini · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:03SJSMacklin CelebriniGWGAssists: Henry Thrun, Jan Rutta · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:14SJSTimothy LiljegrenAssists: Will Smith · Slap, 0.05 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:43SJSMacklin CelebriniPPAssists: William Eklund, Will Smith · Slap, 0.10 xG2–5
  8. P3 10:46SJSAlexander WennbergPPAssists: Jake Walman · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–6
  9. P3 18:39SJSLuke KuninUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–7
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:41LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:47LAKKevin Fiala: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 4:45SJSBarclay Goodrow: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 15:58SJSMacklin Celebrini: Interference2 min
  5. P3 2:14LAKAkil Thomas: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:34LAKWarren Foegele: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:42LAKKevin Fiala: High sticking double minor4 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSJS
24Shots on goal21
2.4Expected goals1.8
57Shot attempts40
33Faceoffs won27
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
18Hits20
6Blocked shots16
20Giveaways16
4Takeaways6

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. bestKopitar – Kempe – Foegele5:26

    xG 0.95–0.10 (90%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Turcotte5:02

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Danault – Fiala – Moore9:46

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 11–4goals 0–3

  4. Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe2:04

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Clarke11:37

    xG 0.72–0.24 (75%)attempts 16–5goals 1–1

  2. Gavrikov – Anderson19:35

    xG 0.69–0.46 (60%)attempts 20–14goals 0–2

  3. Moverare – Spence9:11

    xG 0.16–0.39 (29%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Wennberg – Kunin11:36

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Zetterlund – Eklund – Celebrini10:43

    xG 0.32–0.16 (66%)attempts 6–11goals 2–0

  3. Grundstrom – Smith – Dellandrea5:32

    xG 0.07–0.14 (32%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Sturm – Smith6:33

    xG 0.24–0.79 (24%)attempts 5–7goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Walman13:51

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Rutta2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Rutta – Thrun12:56

    xG 0.03–0.32 (9%)attempts 2–16goals 1–0

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.

SJS 1.8 xGLAK 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #558 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 61% of the time.

SJS winsLAK wins

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

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