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Thu, Apr 17, 2025·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Calgary Flames 5, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

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

LAK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01216411529
LAK01005116131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:15CGYNazem KadriAssists: Adam Klapka, Brayden Pachal · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:05CGYSam MortonGWGAssists: Ryan Lomberg, Dryden Hunt · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P3 7:28CGYNazem KadriAssists: Dryden Hunt, Yegor Sharangovich · Slap, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P3 8:24CGYZayne ParekhAssists: Mikael Backlund · Snap, 0.15 xG4–0
  5. P3 11:35CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Matt Coronato · Snap, 0.07 xG5–0
  6. P3 13:49LAKTaylor WardPPAssists: Jordan Spence, Brandt Clarke · Wrist, 0.22 xG5–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:39LAKSamuel Helenius: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 8:32CGYJoel Farabee: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 15:18CGYZayne Parekh: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:16LAKQuinton Byfield: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 12:45CGYHunter Brzustewicz: Tripping2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYLAK
29Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals3.2
47Shot attempts60
29Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
15Hits19
11Blocked shots7
13Giveaways13
3Takeaways0

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrost – Farabee – Sharangovich9:57

    xG 0.34–0.19 (65%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Hunt – Lomberg – Morton8:26

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Kadri – Hunt – Suniev2:37

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

  4. Kadri – Klapka – Suniev7:36

    xG 0.44–0.55 (45%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPachal – Brzustewicz14:13

    xG 1.07–0.26 (80%)attempts 18–13goals 2–0

  2. Bahl – Parekh15:38

    xG 0.48–0.68 (41%)attempts 8–10goals 3–0

  3. Weegar – Miromanov13:29

    xG 0.69–0.98 (42%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFiala – Turcotte – Malott2:02

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Turcotte – Malott – Ward2:15

    xG 0.16–0.00 (98%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Fiala – Kuzmenko2:02

    xG 0.50–0.35 (59%)attempts 6–4goals 0–2

  4. Lewis – Thomas – Helenius3:13

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Clarke15:18

    xG 1.02–0.81 (56%)attempts 17–16goals 0–2

  2. Doughty – Anderson16:25

    xG 0.61–0.82 (43%)attempts 14–13goals 0–2

  3. Gavrikov – Spence14:24

    xG 0.36–0.67 (35%)attempts 11–14goals 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 3.2 xGCGY 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1108 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 winsCGY wins

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

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