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Fri, Jan 10, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Los Angeles Kings 2, Winnipeg Jets 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 53% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK06190711223
WPG04051802119

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:39LAKAlex TurcotteAssists: Adrian Kempe, Jacob Moverare · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:22WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:14LAKAdrian KempeGWGAssists: Brandt Clarke, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:54WPGDylan DeMelo: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:30WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:47WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 6:46LAKMikey Anderson: Interference2 min
  5. P3 9:58LAKAlex Laferriere: Hooking2 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 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKWPG
23Shots on goal19
2.1Expected goals1.8
50Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
33Hits31
11Blocked shots11
8Giveaways11
7Takeaways9

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. bestDanault – Fiala – Laferriere8:59

    xG 0.98–0.13 (89%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Danault – Jeannot2:06

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Fiala – Jeannot2:13

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

  4. Foegele – Moore – Byfield11:38

    xG 0.10–0.24 (29%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnglund – Clarke5:29

    xG 0.65–0.23 (74%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Moverare – Clarke3:15

    xG 0.33–0.06 (84%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Anderson19:56

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Lowry – Iafallo11:21

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. Barron – Kupari – Gustafsson4:36

    xG 0.11–0.01 (92%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti11:07

    xG 0.22–0.45 (32%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi16:26

    xG 0.10–0.79 (11%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk16:50

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Stanley – Coghlan12:57

    xG 0.17–0.59 (23%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey17:01

    xG 0.26–0.85 (23%)attempts 8–17goals 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.

WPG 1.8 xGLAK 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #700 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 53% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

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

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