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Tue, Mar 24, 2026·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 2, Calgary Flames 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 56% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK180917011225
CGY0616110012323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:35LAKQuinton ByfieldAssists: Joel Armia, Drew Doughty · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:50CGYOlli MaattaAssists: Victor Olofsson, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:17LAKQuinton ByfieldAssists: Trevor Moore, Alex Laferriere · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:02CGYZayne ParekhPPAssists: Matt Coronato, Matvei Gridin · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Trevor Moore stopped
  2. 2. CGY Morgan Frost scored
  3. 3. LAK Artemi Panarin scored
  4. 4. CGY Joel Farabee stopped
  5. 5. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  6. 6. CGY Matvei Gridin stopped
  7. 7. LAK Brandt Clarke stopped
  8. 8. CGY Yegor Sharangovich scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:36LAKCody Ceci: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:50CGYKevin Bahl: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:30CGYMatt Coronato: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 11:07LAKScott Laughton: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 12:42LAKCody Ceci: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Byfield won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKCGY
25Shots on goal23
2.2Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
22Hits19
14Blocked shots16
16Giveaways15
6Takeaways4

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. bestKopitar – Kempe – Panarin13:54

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Armia – Malott – Helenius5:21

    xG 0.03–0.09 (24%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Joseph – Wright9:34

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Byfield – Laferriere11:50

    xG 0.37–0.48 (43%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Clarke13:10

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Ceci11:58

    xG 0.43–0.36 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Anderson16:18

    xG 0.44–0.43 (51%)attempts 15–14goals 2–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Coleman – Farabee11:39

    xG 0.41–0.05 (88%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Olofsson – Sharangovich10:36

    xG 0.31–0.48 (39%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  3. Lomberg – Pospisil – Klapka7:07

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  4. Frost – Coronato – Gridin12:11

    xG 0.32–0.56 (37%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhitecloud – Bahl17:18

    xG 0.42–0.32 (56%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Maatta – Whitecloud2:37

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Hanley – Parekh9:53

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 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.

CGY 2.5 xGLAK 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #599 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 56% of the time.

CGY winsLAK wins

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

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