Calgary Flames at Los Angeles Kings, NHL forecast
Win probability
Starts from the pregame forecast, then moves with every score and the time left. Above the line favors LA; hover for each play.
Game center
From the ESPN box score.
Top performers
Flames
Kings- Adrian KempeGoals1
- Trevor MooreAssists1
- Adrian KempePoints1
Scoring summary
- P319:22Adrian Kempe Goal (22) Backhand, assists: Artemi Panarin (41)0–2
- P215:36Alex Laferriere Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Quinton Byfield (20), Trevor Moore (9)0–1
Turning points
The 2 plays that swung the win chance most, each judged at its own moment: the chance with the score just before it against just after.
- P215:36Alex Laferriere Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Quinton Byfield (20), Trevor Moore (9)CGY 0 – 1 LA · LA 55% → 75% +21LA 55% → 75%+21 pts
- P319:22Adrian Kempe Goal (22) Backhand, assists: Artemi Panarin (41)CGY 0 – 2 LA · LA >99% → >99% +0LA >99% → >99%+0 pts
The pick
Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point and the closing line.
Kings 57%
Forecast Elo ratings alone
How often that comes true: NHL favorites the forecast gave 55–60% have won 56.4% of 1,035 graded games.
- Market
- LA 57%
- ML CGY +124 / LA -148
- Pre-line forecast
- LA 65%
- Elo + market-implied
- Elo ratings
- LA 56%
- Ratings vs. market
- −1.5 pts
- LA: Elo 55.7%, market 57.2%
- Fair odds
- LA -134
- CGY +134 · the forecast as odds, no margin
- Pregame projection
- CGY 2.5 – 3.0 LA
- 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 | CGY | LA | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team rating | 1468 | 1480 | Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average |
| Home field | — | +35 | Worth 35 Elo in the NHL |
| Starting goalies | +2 | −6 | CGY: Dustin Wolf: team allows 0.04 fewer goals than with its usual starter (≈44 weighted starts) · LA: Anton Forsberg: team allows 0.14 more goals than with its usual starter (≈39 weighted starts) |
| Elo ratings | LA +40 Elo | LA 55.7% | |
| Market-implied ratings | LA 66.8% | Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context | |
| Pre-line forecast | LA 64.7% | 20% Elo, 80% market-implied (log-odds blend) | |
| Forecast | LA 57.2% | 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. Opponent Elo: how strong the teams each has played are, 1st the toughest. 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.
| CGY | Stat | LA |
|---|---|---|
| 31st of 322.6 | Goals scored | 2.628th of 32 |
| 9th of 323.0 | Goals allowed | 3.013th of 32 |
| 25th of 32−0.4 | Margin | −0.424th of 32 |
| 15th of 3250.0% | Shot share | 50.2%14th of 32 |
| 7th of 3290.5% | Save percentage | 89.8%17th of 32 |
| 18th of 324–6 | Last 10 | 4–618th of 32 |
| 31st of 329–19 | Road vs home | 8–2030th of 32 |
| 30th of 321493 | Opponent Elo | 150210th of 32 |
| 24th of 321468 | Elo rating | 148021st 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 |  CGY |  LA |
|---|---|---|
| Puck line | 31–26 | 20–38 |
| Last 10 | 4–6 | 2–8 |
| Favorite | 7–8 | 5–30 |
| Underdog | 24–18 | 15–8 |
| Overs–unders | 30–27 | 26–32 |
| Overs–unders, last 10 | 3–7 | 5–5 |
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
CGY 6–2 LA in their last 8 meetings; the forecast called 5 of 8.