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Sat, Mar 15, 2025·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Nashville Predators 0, Los Angeles Kings 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 64% of the time.

LAK winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NSH07070901024
LAK040201213121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 3:20LAKQuinton ByfieldGWGAssists: Adrian Kempe, Brandt Clarke · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:39NSHMichael Bunting: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 1:55LAKAdrian Kempe: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:31LAKTanner Jeannot: Illegal check to head2 min
  4. P2 16:25NSHBrady Skjei: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:45NSHFilip Forsberg: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHLAK
24Shots on goal21
1.9Expected goals2.5
46Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits18
21Blocked shots9
13Giveaways17
8Takeaways5

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg12:03

    xG 0.56–0.27 (68%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  2. McCarron – Bellows – Smith9:28

    xG 0.21–0.15 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Vrana – L'Heureux – Svechkov6:27

    xG 0.22–0.35 (38%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Marchessault – Sissons – Bunting11:48

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 8–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – Barron9:44

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – Barron2:43

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Englund – Del Gaizo12:24

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFiala – Byfield – Laferriere11:41

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Jeannot – Turcotte – Helenius5:24

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Danault – Foegele – Moore10:07

    xG 0.33–0.36 (48%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko11:01

    xG 0.42–0.50 (46%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson16:14

    xG 0.77–0.50 (61%)attempts 29–20goals 0–0

  2. Edmundson – Gavrikov3:08

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Clarke11:53

    xG 0.18–0.28 (38%)attempts 9–8goals 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.

LAK 2.5 xGNSH 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1167 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 64% of the time.

LAK winsNSH wins

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

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