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Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings

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Minnesota Wild
3
Los Angeles Kings
▸7
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Recap

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The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 7-3. The Kings scored first and never trailed. The Kings led 3-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Blake Lizotte's goal at 7:36 of the second period, which took the Kings' chances from 50% to 69%. Expected goals favored the Kings, 3.1 to 2.3; shots on goal were MIN 28, LAK 35. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Kings win a replay of these chances 54% of the time. Alex Stalock stopped 28 of 34 (.824), 3.5 goals below expected; Cal Petersen stopped 25 of 28 (.893), 0.7 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Dustin Brown (3 G, 1 A), 2. Anze Kopitar (1 G, 2 A), 3. Blake Lizotte (1 G).

Three stars

  1. ★
    LAK
    D. Brown3 G, 1 A
  2. ★★
    LAK
    A. Kopitar1 G, 2 A
  3. ★★★
    LAK
    B. Lizotte1 G

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
MINMIN0818212328
LAKLAK110213412735

Scoring

10 goals

1st period

  1. LAK
    A. Kopitar(21)
    D. Brown (18), A. Iafallo (25)
    wristxG 0.12win prob +12 pts
    0-1
    5:16

2nd period

  1. MIN
    M. Foligno(11)
    M. Zuccarello (21)
    wristxG 0.10win prob +15 pts
    1-1
    0:12
  2. LAK
    B. Lizotte(6)SHG
    A. Kempe (20)
    wristxG 0.14win prob +19 pts
    1-2
    7:36
  3. LAK
    T. Moore(6)
    Unassisted
    wristxG 0.13win prob +16 pts
    1-3
    8:29

3rd period

  1. LAK
    D. Brown(15)
    B. Hutton (10), A. Kopitar (40)
    wristxG 0.08win prob +5 pts
    1-4
    4:00
  2. MIN
    J. Spurgeon(12)
    M. Zuccarello (22), M. Foligno (13)
    snapxG 0.12win prob +5 pts
    2-4
    5:33
  3. MIN
    L. Kunin(15)
    J. Brodin (26), J. Greenway (20)
    backhandxG 0.17win prob +8 pts
    3-4
    15:35
  4. LAK
    D. Brown(16)
    A. Iafallo (26), D. Doughty (26)
    wristxG 0.21win prob +6 pts
    3-5
    17:47
  5. LAK
    D. Brown(17)EN
    A. Kopitar (41)
    wristxG 0.57
    3-6
    18:46
  6. LAK
    G. Vilardi(2)
    K. MacDermid (5)
    wristxG 0.02
    3-7
    19:00

Penalties

MIN 8 PIM·LAK 6 PIM

1st

  • 7:41LAKBlake Lizotte · High stickingdrawn by Ryan Suter2 min

2nd

  • 2:35MINJordan Greenway · Slashingdrawn by Gabriel Vilardi2 min
  • 6:19LAKTrevor Moore · High stickingdrawn by Mats Zuccarello2 min
  • 8:48MINJoel Eriksson Ek · Trippingdrawn by Gabriel Vilardi2 min
  • 11:09LAKAlex Iafallo · Holdingdrawn by Zach Parise2 min

3rd

  • 1:31MINserved by K. Fiala · Too many men on the ice2 min
  • 10:57MINKevin Fiala · Slashingdrawn by Kurtis MacDermid2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
LAK goalMIN goalFinal: LAK 100%

Biggest swing: Blake Lizotte, 2nd 7:36 — LAK 50% → 69%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
D. Brown · Goal · xG 0.57D. Brown · Goal · xG 0.21G. Vilardi · On goal · xG 0.18A. Kopitar · On goal · xG 0.15B. Lizotte · Goal · xG 0.14T. Moore · Goal · xG 0.13A. Kopitar · On goal · xG 0.12A. Kopitar · Goal · xG 0.12M. Frk · Missed · xG 0.11B. Lizotte · On goal · xG 0.09A. Iafallo · On goal · xG 0.09A. Kempe · On goal · xG 0.08D. Brown · Goal · xG 0.08A. Iafallo · Missed · xG 0.08A. Kempe · Missed · xG 0.07M. Frk · Missed · xG 0.06M. Frk · On goal · xG 0.05A. Kopitar · Missed · xG 0.05M. Anderson · On goal · xG 0.05T. Lewis · Missed · xG 0.05A. Kopitar · On goal · xG 0.05T. Lewis · On goal · xG 0.05A. Kempe · On goal · xG 0.04T. Lewis · On goal · xG 0.04G. Vilardi · On goal · xG 0.04D. Brown · On goal · xG 0.03B. Hutton · On goal · xG 0.03M. Amadio · On goal · xG 0.03M. Anderson · On goal · xG 0.03M. Anderson · On goal · xG 0.03S. Walker · Missed · xG 0.03M. Roy · On goal · xG 0.02B. Hutton · On goal · xG 0.02G. Vilardi · Missed · xG 0.02D. Brown · On goal · xG 0.02G. Vilardi · Goal · xG 0.02A. Iafallo · Missed · xG 0.02M. Anderson · On goal · xG 0.01A. Kopitar · Missed · xG 0.01A. Wagner · On goal · xG 0.01M. Roy · On goal · xG 0.01N. Prokhorkin · Missed · xG 0.01D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.01D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.00D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.00B. Hutton · On goal · xG 0.00
LAK7 G · 3.1 xG · 46 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

MINvsLAK
2.33 G
All situations
6 G3.1
1.73 G
Even strength
5 G1.7
0.60 G
Power play
0 G0.6
0.00 G
Shorthanded
1 G0.1

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 88 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
MIN46%54%LAK

Flurry-adjusted xG 2.26 – 2.47

How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.

Team stats

MINvsLAK
28
Shots on goal
35
52%
Faceoffs
48%
0/3
Power play
0/4
8
Penalty minutes
6
18
Hits
27
13
Blocked shots
13
5
Giveaways
6
1
Takeaways
6

Box score

every player line
Minnesota Wild skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
46J. SpurgeonD101020.30410—23:56
20R. SuterD000010.01100—23:44
24M. DumbaD000-300.00210—23:13
25J. BrodinD011-110.00130—22:48
22K. FialaL000-460.35002—19:33
36M. ZuccarelloR022-220.18000—16:49
27A. GalchenyukC000000.022204415:51
11Z. PariseL000-220.240206715:36
19L. KuninC101-130.301104515:24
14J. Eriksson EkC000010.111025015:12
17M. FolignoL112+330.31100—15:10
29G. PaterynD000-220.02110—14:51
9M. KoivuC000-100.001005713:05
18J. GreenwayL011-100.02102—13:05
38R. HartmanR000-120.1612010012:51
77B. HuntD000-200.04000—11:28
26G. MayhewC000-210.00000010:19
6R. DonatoC000-220.23100009:45
Minnesota Wild goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
32A. Stalock(L)34286.8242.50-3.5059:20

Season series

LAK leads 2-1

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).