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Sun, Mar 30, 2025·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

San Jose Sharks 1, Los Angeles Kings 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 80% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS071808123
LAK28418210836

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:35LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Quinton Byfield, Trevor Moore · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:13LAKAdrian KempePPGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Snap, 0.25 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:52SJSCam LundAssists: Mario Ferraro · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:57LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Anze Kopitar, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:31LAKWarren FoegelePPAssists: Brandt Clarke, Quinton Byfield · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P2 19:03LAKWarren FoegeleAssists: Mikey Anderson, Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–5
  7. P2 19:38LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Vladislav Gavrikov, Andrei Kuzmenko · Slap, 0.16 xG1–6
  8. P3 14:49LAKAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Anze Kopitar, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–7
  9. P3 15:22LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Jacob Moverare, Jordan Spence · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–8
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:29SJSNoah Gregor: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:18LAKDrew Doughty: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 10:37LAKPhillip Danault: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 13:18SJSNoah Gregor: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 2:33SJSCam Lund: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:37SJSMario Ferraro: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 11:49SJSMario Ferraro: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 3:47LAKMikey Anderson: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 3:47LAKMikey Anderson: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 3:47SJSLuca Cagnoni: Cross checking2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSLAK
23Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals4.5
48Shot attempts82
27Faceoffs won40
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
16Hits18
25Blocked shots8
14Giveaways30
1Takeaways3

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Grundstrom – Ostapchuk9:54

    xG 0.61–0.32 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Wennberg – Eklund – Smith9:09

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 7–10goals 0–2

  3. Toffoli – Lund – Celebrini10:08

    xG 0.40–0.59 (41%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  4. Gregor – Dellandrea – Graf9:01

    xG 0.07–0.41 (15%)attempts 5–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Cagnoni13:19

    xG 0.59–0.31 (65%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

  2. Carlsson – Liljegren12:43

    xG 0.56–0.71 (44%)attempts 10–16goals 0–3

  3. Ferraro – Mukhamadullin15:10

    xG 0.28–0.93 (23%)attempts 10–21goals 0–3

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFiala – Byfield – Malott8:57

    xG 0.69–0.17 (81%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Danault – Foegele – Moore7:48

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko10:36

    xG 0.63–0.62 (51%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  4. Lewis – Malott – Helenius5:09

    xG 0.07–0.12 (36%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoverare – Spence6:33

    xG 0.61–0.21 (75%)attempts 9–2goals 2–0

  2. Moverare – Clarke2:51

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Clarke9:17

    xG 0.06–0.12 (35%)attempts 7–6goals 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 4.5 xGSJS 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #956 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 80% of the time.

LAK winsSJS wins

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

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