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Sat, Jan 11, 2025·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 1, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

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

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11705010132
CGY041618218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:19LAKJacob MoverareUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:58CGYMatt CoronatoAssists: Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:36CGYJonathan HuberdeauPPGWGAssists: Matt Coronato, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:57CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 3:28LAKQuinton Byfield: Holding2 min
  3. P1 17:10LAKKevin Fiala: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:37CGYRasmus Andersson: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:12LAKPhillip Danault: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:12CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 13:05LAKTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 13:05CGYRyan Lomberg: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 17:43CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 3:16LAKBrandt Clarke: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. P3 8:11CGYRyan Lomberg: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 8:11LAKKyle Burroughs: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 18:12LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Tripping2 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackCGY 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.

LAKCGY
32Shots on goal18
2.6Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts52
33Faceoffs won18
3Power plays4
20Penalty minutes18
10Hits20
17Blocked shots14
13Giveaways12
4Takeaways4

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. bestFoegele – Moore – Byfield6:15

    xG 0.25–0.04 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield4:14

    xG 0.11–0.01 (92%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Turcotte7:06

    xG 0.09–0.13 (42%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Danault – Fiala – Laferriere9:05

    xG 0.30–0.57 (35%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Clarke3:11

    xG 0.26–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Gavrikov – Anderson13:02

    xG 0.52–0.33 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Spence – Clarke2:09

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestSharangovich – Pelletier – Kuzmenko7:14

    xG 0.31–0.02 (94%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Coronato10:55

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Lomberg – Rooney – Duehr4:19

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Huberdeau – Pospisil10:49

    xG 0.36–0.47 (43%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Hanley15:46

    xG 0.89–0.57 (61%)attempts 19–17goals 1–1

  2. Bean – Pachal10:19

    xG 0.13–0.07 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Bahl13:01

    xG 0.28–0.33 (46%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

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.

CGY 2.5 xGLAK 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #832 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 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 53% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

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

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