Los Angeles Kings at Chicago Blackhawks, NHL forecast
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Win probability
Starts from the pregame forecast, then moves with every score and the time left. Above the line favors CHI; hover for each play.
Game center
From the ESPN box score.
Top performers
Kings- Trevor MooreGoals1
- Vladislav GavrikovAssists1
- Joel EdmundsonPoints1
Blackhawks- Connor BedardGoals1
- Tyler BertuzziAssists1
- Connor BedardPoints1
Scoring summary
- P319:41Joel Edmundson Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: none3–1
- P210:50Connor Bedard Goal (19) Slap Shot, assists: Tyler Bertuzzi (19), Teuvo Teravainen (38)2–1
- P19:44Alex Turcotte Goal (8) Tip-In, assists: Vladislav Gavrikov (21), Jordan Spence (19)2–0
- P18:45Trevor Moore Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: none1–0
Turning points
The 4 plays that swung the win chance most, each judged at its own moment: the chance with the score just before it against just after.
- P18:45Trevor Moore Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: noneLA 1 – 0 CHI · LA 69% → 81% +12LA 69% → 81%+12 pts
- P19:44Alex Turcotte Goal (8) Tip-In, assists: Vladislav Gavrikov (21), Jordan Spence (19)LA 2 – 0 CHI · LA 81% → 90% +9LA 81% → 90%+9 pts
- P210:50Connor Bedard Goal (19) Slap Shot, assists: Tyler Bertuzzi (19), Teuvo Teravainen (38)LA 2 – 1 CHI · CHI 8% → 19% +11CHI 8% → 19%+11 pts
- P319:41Joel Edmundson Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: noneLA 3 – 1 CHI · LA >99% → 100% +0LA >99% → 100%+0 pts
The pick
Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point and the closing line.
Kings 70%
Forecast Elo ratings alone
How often that comes true: NHL favorites the forecast gave 70–75% have won 76.2% of 172 graded games.
- Market
- LA 70%
- ML LA -270 / CHI +220
- Pre-line forecast
- LA 66%
- Elo + market-implied
- Elo ratings
- LA 62%
- Ratings vs. market
- −8.0 pts
- LA: Elo 62.0%, market 70.0%
- Fair odds
- LA -234
- CHI +234 · the forecast as odds, no margin
- Pregame projection
- LA 3.3 – 2.2 CHI
- Margin from the forecast, posted total 5.5
How the number is built
Elo inputs in rating points (higher favors that team; 25–28 Elo is about a point of spread in football and basketball), then how the pieces combine.
| Factor | LA | CHI | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team rating | 1520 | 1392 | Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average |
| Home field | — | +35 | Worth 35 Elo in the NHL |
| Starting goalies | +3 | +12 | LA: Darcy Kuemper: team allows 0.07 fewer goals than with its usual starter (≈37 weighted starts) · CHI: Spencer Knight: team allows 0.29 fewer goals than with its usual starter (≈20 weighted starts) |
| Elo ratings | LA +85 Elo | LA 62.0% | |
| Market-implied ratings | LA 66.5% | Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context | |
| Pre-line forecast | LA 65.6% | 20% Elo, 80% market-implied (log-odds blend) | |
| Forecast | LA 70.0% | Follows the market (vig removed): in testing, adding the ratings made it less accurate | |
Tale of the tape
This season coming into the game, regular season, each number with its league rank (the longer the bar, the higher). Home and road: the host's record at home against the visitor's on the road. Overtime and shootout losses count as losses in these records. Shot share is a team's share of the shots on goal in its games. PDO adds shooting and save percentages: far from 100 tends to even out.
| LA | Stat | CHI |
|---|---|---|
| 21st of 322.8 | Goals scored | 2.727th of 32 |
| 3rd of 322.6 | Goals allowed | 3.630th of 32 |
| 12th of 32+0.2 | Margin | −0.931st of 32 |
| 6th of 3252.2% | Shot share | 43.7%32nd of 32 |
| 11th of 3290.6% | Save percentage | 89.5%24th of 32 |
| 12th of 325–5 | Last 10 | 3–725th of 32 |
| 24th of 3213–23 | Road vs home | 13–2030th of 32 |
Rating history
Each team's Elo over the last two seasons. Hover or drag to compare on any date.
Recent form
Last five results, and whether the forecast hit.
Against the line
How each team has done against the closing spread and total, coming into this game.
| This season |  LA |  CHI |
|---|---|---|
| Puck line | 30–36 | 36–32 |
| Last 10 | 3–7 | 5–5 |
| Favorite | 13–26 | 1–3 |
| Underdog | 17–10 | 35–29 |
| Overs–unders | 26–40 | 37–31 |
| Overs–unders, last 10 | 3–7 | 7–3 |
Against each game's closing line. Books set every line knowing these records: across 3,901 past games, the team with the better record against the spread so far that season covered 51.2%, short of the 52.4% a standard −110 bet needs, and over/under streaks held 48.0% of the time. They describe the past.
Head to head
LA 3–2 CHI in their last 5 meetings; the forecast called 2 of 5.