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Sat, Dec 28, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Edmonton Oilers 3, Los Angeles Kings 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

LAK winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM110290701327
LAK29091516429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:43EDMKasperi KapanenAssists: Connor Brown, Ty Emberson · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:32LAKQuinton ByfieldAssists: Warren Foegele, Brandt Clarke · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:35LAKWarren FoegeleAssists: Jordan Spence, Quinton Byfield · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:20EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:59EDMViktor ArvidssonAssists: Vasily Podkolzin, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:32LAKTanner JeannotAssists: Jordan Spence, Warren Foegele · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:19LAKQuinton ByfieldGWGAssists: Phillip Danault, Adrian Kempe · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 3:08LAKAlex Laferriere: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P3 3:16LAKTanner Jeannot: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 6:22EDMViktor Arvidsson: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMLAK
27Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals3.3
55Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won33
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
13Hits25
11Blocked shots15
17Giveaways18
7Takeaways8

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – Arvidsson – Podkolzin12:35

    xG 0.64–0.31 (67%)attempts 20–7goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid14:53

    xG 0.60–0.52 (54%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Skinner – Janmark2:43

    xG 0.08–0.19 (29%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Skinner – Kapanen3:55

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard17:43

    xG 0.76–0.53 (59%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Kulak – Bouchard2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Stecher10:52

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFoegele – Jeannot – Byfield11:10

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 3–1

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Turcotte13:00

    xG 0.36–0.36 (50%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Danault – Fiala – Laferriere13:24

    xG 0.62–0.87 (42%)attempts 8–23goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Clarke12:46

    xG 0.64–0.26 (71%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Moverare – Spence11:28

    xG 0.50–0.31 (62%)attempts 7–9goals 2–0

  3. Edmundson – Burroughs2:44

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

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 3.3 xGEDM 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #339 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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.

LAK winsEDM wins

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

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