Sat, Dec 21, 2024·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
Los Angeles Kings 2, Nashville Predators 3 (OT)
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 60% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAK | 011 | 04 | 29 | 00 | 224 |
| NSH | 15 | 110 | 09 | 12 | 326 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 14:16NSHZachary L'HeureuxAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
- P2 14:00NSHJonathan MarchessaultAssists: Roman Josi, Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
- P3 9:24LAKQuinton ByfieldAssists: Warren Foegele, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
- P3 13:23LAKAlex LaferriereAssists: Phillip Danault, Joel Edmundson · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
- OT 1:03NSHNick BlankenburgGWGAssists: Filip Forsberg · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
- P2 8:31NSHJonathan Marchessault: Hooking2 min
- P3 5:58LAKKevin Fiala: Interference2 min
- P3 9:44LAKJacob Moverare: Hooking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Kopitar
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestKopitar – Kempe – Turcotte12:27
xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0
- Foegele – Jeannot – Byfield11:31
xG 0.29–0.16 (64%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0
- Foegele – Thomas – Helenius2:51
xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–1
- Danault – Fiala – Laferriere13:00
xG 0.32–0.81 (28%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestEdmundson – Clarke9:20
xG 0.48–0.09 (83%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0
- Gavrikov – Anderson18:29
xG 0.59–0.50 (54%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0
- Anderson – Spence2:10
xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0
Nashville Predators
Forward lines
- bestNyquist – O'Reilly – L'Heureux11:13
xG 0.45–0.27 (63%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0
- Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista7:44
xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0
- Sissons – McCarron – Smith9:49
xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0
- Stamkos – Marchessault – Forsberg12:18
xG 0.58–0.79 (42%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1
Defence pairs
- bestSkjei – Blankenburg13:35
xG 0.74–0.16 (82%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0
- Josi – Lauzon15:21
xG 0.66–0.38 (63%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0
- Josi – Wilsby2:38
xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NSH is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 60% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NSH − LAK), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).