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Tue, Apr 1, 2025·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Winnipeg Jets 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG071706120
LAK2101812420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:28LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Joel Edmundson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:50LAKAnze KopitarGWGAssists: Andrei Kuzmenko, Adrian Kempe · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:40WPGCole PerfettiAssists: Morgan Barron · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:07LAKAndrei KuzmenkoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:05LAKAdrian KempeENAssists: Anze Kopitar, Warren Foegele · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 9:30WPGConnor Hellebuyck: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 5:00LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 14:52LAKQuinton Byfield: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGLAK
20Shots on goal20
1.4Expected goals1.8
55Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won23
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
26Hits19
20Blocked shots17
9Giveaways15
2Takeaways3

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Namestnikov – Perfetti10:27

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Tanev – Barron – Gustafsson7:14

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo15:05

    xG 0.26–0.31 (45%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  4. Lowry – Ehlers – Appleton10:24

    xG 0.14–0.24 (38%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey15:20

    xG 0.56–0.27 (68%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Samberg2:40

    xG 0.12–0.04 (75%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Fleury – Stanley11:37

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestFiala – Byfield – Laferriere12:01

    xG 0.27–0.11 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Malott – Helenius7:31

    xG 0.28–0.25 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Danault – Foegele – Moore12:38

    xG 0.21–0.28 (42%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko12:48

    xG 0.18–0.69 (21%)attempts 7–18goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Gavrikov3:03

    xG 0.29–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson20:26

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Spence12:12

    xG 0.17–0.34 (32%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

LAK 1.8 xGWPG 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #992 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 60% of the time.

LAK winsWPG wins

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

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