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Sat, Jan 10, 2026·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK17112111001430
EDM1611015050326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:12EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Kasperi Kapanen · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:50LAKCorey PerryPPAssists: Brandt Clarke, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:07EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Evan Bouchard · Slap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:42LAKAndre LeeAssists: Quinton Byfield, Taylor Ward · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:21LAKAlex LaferriereAssists: Brandt Clarke, Adrian Kempe · Tip-in, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:20EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Connor McDavid stopped
  2. 2. LAK Adrian Kempe scored
  3. 3. EDM Leon Draisaitl stopped
  4. 4. LAK Brandt Clarke stopped
  5. 5. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:43EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:40LAKBrandt Clarke: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 8:36EDMIsaac Howard: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 7:42LAKAndrei Kuzmenko: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:06LAKAdrian Kempe: Slashing2 min
  6. OT 4:31LAKQuinton Byfield: Interference2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Byfield
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
30Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals3.2
66Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
20Hits20
12Blocked shots20
19Giveaways15
4Takeaways6

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. bestLee – Helenius – Ward5:34

    xG 0.52–0.04 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Kempe – Laferriere – Malott10:56

    xG 0.61–0.49 (55%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  3. Fiala – Turcotte – Kuzmenko11:31

    xG 0.28–0.36 (44%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Perry – Foegele – Byfield12:37

    xG 0.34–0.50 (41%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson17:35

    xG 0.76–0.48 (61%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Clarke13:12

    xG 0.36–0.49 (43%)attempts 13–12goals 1–2

  3. Dumoulin – Ceci14:02

    xG 0.12–0.47 (20%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Draisaitl – McDavid2:55

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Draisaitl – Kapanen – Podkolzin12:48

    xG 0.69–0.51 (58%)attempts 13–13goals 2–0

  3. Janmark – Lazar – Frederic5:41

    xG 0.17–0.00 (98%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Roslovic – Howard – Savoie8:13

    xG 0.14–0.29 (32%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard19:39

    xG 1.13–0.78 (59%)attempts 19–21goals 2–1

  2. Nurse – Stastney3:53

    xG 0.17–0.34 (34%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Regula – Stastney9:09

    xG 0.12–0.39 (23%)attempts 7–9goals 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.

EDM 3.2 xGLAK 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #393 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

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

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