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Mon, Apr 13, 2026·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Los Angeles Kings 5, Seattle Kraken 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 84% of the time.

SEA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK2911229530
SEA08014311333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:43LAKQuinton ByfieldUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:19LAKQuinton ByfieldUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:13LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Alex Laferriere · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:53SEAAdam LarssonAssists: Matty Beniers, Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:08SEAFrederick GaudreauAssists: Kaapo Kakko · Snap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 12:29LAKAdrian KempeGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Trevor Moore · Snap, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:33SEABobby McMannAssists: Matty Beniers, Chandler Stephenson · Snap, 0.18 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:58LAKAlex LaferriereENAssists: Joel Edmundson · Backhand, 0.78 xG5–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:58SEAJacob Melanson: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 9:58LAKSamuel Helenius: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:03LAKSamuel Helenius: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:03SEAJacob Melanson: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 18:52SEAEeli Tolvanen: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 18:23SEAVince Dunn: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0SEA
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Byfield won the faceoff against Beniers
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKSEA
30Shots on goal33
5.1Expected goals2.7
66Shot attempts72
36Faceoffs won29
2Power plays0
7Penalty minutes11
16Hits20
18Blocked shots11
19Giveaways11
2Takeaways5

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. bestMoore – Byfield – Laferriere14:31

    xG 1.10–0.55 (67%)attempts 19–17goals 3–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin11:00

    xG 0.84–0.37 (69%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  3. Armia – Laughton – Wright11:14

    xG 0.55–0.41 (57%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Joseph – Helenius – Ward5:36

    xG 0.11–0.09 (53%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Clarke14:09

    xG 0.85–0.49 (64%)attempts 13–18goals 1–2

  2. Dumoulin – Ceci16:52

    xG 0.78–0.62 (56%)attempts 16–20goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Anderson18:30

    xG 1.03–1.15 (47%)attempts 21–24goals 3–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. Gaudreau – Kakko – Winterton6:53

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Schwartz – Stephenson – Tolvanen11:26

    xG 0.60–0.57 (51%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  3. Melanson – Fisker Molgaard – Catton2:23

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Kakko – Catton6:41

    xG 0.33–0.41 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Evans3:27

    xG 0.34–0.22 (61%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Montour – Lindgren13:54

    xG 0.56–0.53 (52%)attempts 17–13goals 0–3

  3. Oleksiak – Evans15:32

    xG 0.44–0.89 (33%)attempts 14–19goals 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.

SEA 2.7 xGLAK 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEALAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #369 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50SEA 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 84% of the time.

SEA winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+5
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+7

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