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Thu, Mar 20, 2025·United Center, Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 3, Chicago Blackhawks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 78% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK2190816333
CHI071505117

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:45LAKTrevor MooreUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:44LAKAlex TurcotteGWGAssists: Vladislav Gavrikov, Jordan Spence · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:50CHIConnor BedardPPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Teuvo Teravainen · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:41LAKJoel EdmundsonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:33LAKAlex Laferriere: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 2:37CHIAlex Vlasic: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:10LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:41LAKAlex Turcotte: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 15:03CHIArtyom Levshunov: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 3:35LAKAlex Turcotte: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nazar won the faceoff against Byfield
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCHI
33Shots on goal17
3.3Expected goals1.6
62Shot attempts42
21Faceoffs won23
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits22
10Blocked shots8
11Giveaways15
3Takeaways7

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 – Foegele – Moore9:00

    xG 1.06–0.54 (66%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Jeannot – Turcotte – Helenius5:52

    xG 0.52–0.03 (94%)attempts 16–2goals 1–0

  3. Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere11:59

    xG 0.43–0.06 (87%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko11:53

    xG 0.22–0.13 (64%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Spence12:42

    xG 1.02–0.34 (75%)attempts 18–4goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson16:19

    xG 0.68–0.29 (70%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Clarke12:30

    xG 0.56–0.23 (71%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Foligno – Slaggert – Dach5:32

    xG 0.17–0.29 (36%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  2. Bertuzzi – Veleno – Reichel3:12

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 0–10goals 0–1

  3. Teravainen – Donato – Mikheyev9:57

    xG 0.13–0.47 (22%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Dickinson – Nazar – Bedard9:15

    xG 0.12–0.65 (15%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – Del Mastro13:16

    xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Kaiser – Del Mastro2:00

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Kaiser15:18

    xG 0.32–0.58 (36%)attempts 11–12goals 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.

CHI 1.6 xGLAK 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #1038 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 78% of the time.

CHI winsLAK wins

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

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