Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings
Recap
written from the game dataThe Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1. The Kings scored first and never trailed. The Kings led 2-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Alex Laferriere's goal at 8:33 of the second period, which took the Kings' chances from 71% to 86%. Expected goals favored the Kings, 3.0 to 2.2; shots on goal were MIN 23, LAK 34. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Wild win a replay of these chances 58% of the time. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 of 32 (.938); Darcy Kuemper stopped 22 of 23 (.957), 1.2 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Darcy Kuemper (22 saves, .957), 2. Alex Laferriere (1 G), 3. Anze Kopitar (1 A).
Three stars
- ★D. Kuemper22 saves, .957

- ★★A. Laferriere1 G

- ★★★A. Kopitar1 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
5 goals1st period
0-119:17
2nd period
0-28:33
3rd period
0-318:06
1-318:47
1-418:55
Penalties
2nd
- 6:25
Tanner Jeannot · Fightingdrawn by Marcus Foligno5 min
- 6:25
Marcus Foligno · Fightingdrawn by Tanner Jeannot5 min
- 7:26
Marcus Johansson · Kneeingdrawn by Vladislav Gavrikov2 min
- 14:38
Matt Boldy · Interference goalkeeperdrawn by Darcy Kuemper2 min
- 15:56
Jordan Spence · Trippingdrawn by Jake Middleton2 min
- 19:51
Tanner Jeannot · Trippingdrawn by Yakov Trenin2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Alex Laferriere, 2nd 8:33 — 71% → 86%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 2.21 G
- All situations
- 2 G3.0
- 1.71 G
- Even strength
- 1 G1.6
- 0.50 G
- Power play
- 1 G0.2
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 85 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 2.19 – 1.78
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
- 23
- Shots on goal
- 34
- 44%
- Faceoffs
- 56%
- 0/2
- Power play
- 1/2
- 9
- Penalty minutes
- 9
- 20
- Hits
- 19
- 22
- Blocked shots
- 17
- 17
- Giveaways
- 10
- 5
- Takeaways
- 3
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).




















