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Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings

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Minnesota Wild
2
Los Angeles Kings
▸4
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Recap

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The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2. The Kings scored first and never trailed. The Kings led 2-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Warren Foegele's goal at 15:34 of the second period, which took the Kings' chances from 53% to 73%. Expected goals favored the Kings, 4.4 to 3.4; shots on goal were MIN 35, LAK 33. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Kings win a replay of these chances 54% of the time. Filip Gustavsson stopped 29 of 32 (.906); Darcy Kuemper stopped 33 of 35 (.943), 1.4 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Andrei Kuzmenko (1 G, 1 A), 2. Darcy Kuemper (33 saves, .943), 3. Brian Dumoulin (2 A).

Three stars

  1. ★
    LAK
    A. Kuzmenko1 G, 1 A
  2. ★★
    LAK
    D. Kuemper33 saves, .943
  3. ★★★
    LAK
    B. Dumoulin2 A

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
MINMIN01008217235
LAKLAK07216210433

Scoring

6 goals

2nd period

  1. LAK
    W. Foegele(6)
    B. Dumoulin (9), J. Malott (1)
    slapxG 0.03win prob +21 ptsVideo
    0-1
    15:34
  2. LAK
    K. Fiala(15)
    A. Kuzmenko (7), A. Turcotte (6)
    tip-inxG 0.21win prob +16 ptsVideo
    0-2
    17:52

3rd period

  1. MIN
    J. Spurgeon(4)
    J. Brodin (11), N. Sturm (5)
    slapxG 0.02win prob +14 ptsVideo
    1-2
    5:55
  2. LAK
    A. Kuzmenko(9)
    B. Dumoulin (10)
    wristxG 0.43win prob +14 ptsVideo
    1-3
    9:20
  3. MIN
    R. Hartman(10)PPG
    J. Spurgeon (9), B. Faber (15)
    wristxG 0.15win prob +6 ptsVideo
    2-3
    15:21
  4. LAK
    A. Kempe(15)EN
    A. Laferriere (10), Q. Byfield (18)
    wristxG 0.78win prob +4 ptsVideo
    2-4
    18:21

Penalties

MIN 4 PIM·LAK 14 PIM

1st

  • 12:16LAKDrew Doughty · Interferencedrawn by Joel Eriksson Ek2 min

2nd

  • 1:25LAKQuinton Byfield · Interferencedrawn by Mats Zuccarello2 min
  • 7:35LAKAndrei Kuzmenko · Trippingdrawn by Vladimir Tarasenko2 min
  • 20:00MINDanila Yurov · Roughingdrawn by Adrian Kempe2 min
  • 20:00LAKAdrian Kempe · Roughingdrawn by Danila Yurov2 min
  • 20:00MINDanila Yurov · Roughingdrawn by Adrian Kempe2 min

3rd

  • 11:05LAKAdrian Kempe · Hookingdrawn by Brock Faber2 min
  • 13:03LAKMikey Anderson · High sticking double minordrawn by Marcus Johansson4 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: Warren Foegele, 2nd 15:34 — LAK 53% → 73%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
A. Kempe · Goal · xG 0.78A. Kuzmenko · Goal · xG 0.43S. Helenius · On goal · xG 0.39K. Fiala · Goal · xG 0.21A. Kempe · On goal · xG 0.20A. Kopitar · Missed · xG 0.18D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.17M. Anderson · On goal · xG 0.14K. Fiala · Missed · xG 0.14W. Foegele · On goal · xG 0.14A. Laferriere · On goal · xG 0.13W. Foegele · On goal · xG 0.12A. Kempe · On goal · xG 0.12D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.11A. Laferriere · On goal · xG 0.11W. Foegele · Missed · xG 0.10D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.09A. Laferriere · On goal · xG 0.09J. Malott · On goal · xG 0.09A. Kuzmenko · Missed · xG 0.07W. Foegele · On goal · xG 0.07M. Anderson · On goal · xG 0.06W. Foegele · On goal · xG 0.05A. Kempe · Missed · xG 0.05W. Foegele · Missed · xG 0.04B. Clarke · On goal · xG 0.04K. Fiala · On goal · xG 0.03W. Foegele · Goal · xG 0.03D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.03M. Anderson · Missed · xG 0.02K. Fiala · On goal · xG 0.02A. Laferriere · Missed · xG 0.02J. Malott · On goal · xG 0.02Q. Byfield · On goal · xG 0.01A. Kempe · On goal · xG 0.01J. Malott · Missed · xG 0.01A. Kempe · On goal · xG 0.01M. Anderson · Missed · xG 0.01D. Doughty · On goal · xG 0.01A. Laferriere · Missed · xG 0.01A. Laferriere · Missed · xG 0.01M. Anderson · On goal · xG 0.01J. Edmundson · On goal · xG 0.01A. Kempe · On goal · xG 0.00B. Dumoulin · On goal · xG 0.00
LAK4 G · 4.4 xG · 45 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

MINvsLAK
3.42 G
All situations
3 G4.4
1.41 G
Even strength
3 G3.1
2.01 G
Power play
0 G0.3
0.00 G
Shorthanded
0 G0.0

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 97 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 3.22 – 3.43

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
35
Shots on goal
33
48%
Faceoffs
52%
1/6
Power play
0/1
4
Penalty minutes
14
22
Hits
10
19
Blocked shots
16
15
Giveaways
20
7
Takeaways
5

Box score

every player line
Minnesota Wild skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
43Q. HughesD000-140.11010—29:59
97K. KaprizovL000-150.50000—25:06
7B. FaberD011010.02050—22:58
14J. Eriksson EkC000-150.590005421:01
12M. BoldyL000-230.1621010020:58
36M. ZuccarelloR000-250.73030—20:52
46J. SpurgeonD112010.02120—19:29
25J. BrodinD011010.05020—17:30
91V. TarasenkoR000-130.15110—15:50
38R. HartmanR101-110.250004615:43
13Y. TreninC000010.03500013:45
17M. FolignoL000-110.21420—12:57
90M. JohanssonL000-110.14210—12:29
5J. MiddletonD000-210.02100—12:07
22D. YurovR000-210.242141111:18
78N. SturmC011+100.003007111:16
26M. KierstedD000-200.00000—08:31
18V. HinostrozaC000010.15100008:29
Minnesota Wild goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
32F. Gustavsson(L)32293.9063.48+0.4857:42

Season series

LAK leads 2-1

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