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Thu, Dec 30, 2010·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Philadelphia Flyers 7, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 61% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI2941415728
LAK210216010436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:39LAKRyan SmythAssists: Rob Scuderi, Jarret Stoll · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:47PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Mike Richards, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:04LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:48PHIMike RichardsAssists: Claude Giroux, Sean O'Donnell · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:05PHIScott HartnellAssists: Claude Giroux, Darroll Powe · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P2 5:11PHIMike RichardsAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Daniel Brière · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P2 8:11LAKJack JohnsonPPUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG4–3
  8. P2 11:00PHIJeff CarterPPGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.35 xG5–3
  9. P2 14:17PHIJames van RiemsdykPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG6–3
  10. P2 17:12LAKRyan SmythPPAssists: Jarret Stoll, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.48 xG6–4
  11. P3 9:10PHIVille LeinoAssists: Jeff Carter, Andreas Nodl · Snap, 0.12 xG7–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 13:41PHINikolay Zherdev: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 16:11LAKTrevor Lewis: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:48PHIMike Richards: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:46PHIDaniel Carcillo: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:08LAKDavis Drewiske: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:43LAKRob Scuderi: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 11:00PHIMike Richards: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 11:35LAKJarret Stoll: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 13:15LAKJustin Williams: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P2 16:47PHIDaniel Brière: Holding2 min · PPG
  11. P3 4:35PHIOskars Bartulis: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 15:13LAKKyle Clifford: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 15:49LAKKevin Westgarth: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 0:00PHIDaniel Carcillo: Cross checking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHILAK
28Shots on goal36
3.4Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts71
31Faceoffs won37
5Power plays5
14Penalty minutes30
28Hits29
19Blocked shots14
13Giveaways18
0Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Carter – Nodl – Leino10:19

    xG 0.49–0.54 (48%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

  2. Betts – Carcillo – Powe6:11

    xG 0.01–0.08 (13%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Zherdev – Giroux6:00

    xG 0.15–0.23 (39%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Brière – Richards – van Riemsdyk11:11

    xG 0.31–0.52 (38%)attempts 9–20goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. Timonen – Coburn11:06

    xG 0.38–0.44 (46%)attempts 8–13goals 2–1

  2. Carle – Meszaros14:22

    xG 0.30–0.62 (33%)attempts 9–21goals 2–0

  3. O'Donnell – Bartulis12:03

    xG 0.11–0.45 (20%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestSturm – Brown – Kopitar11:40

    xG 0.71–0.10 (88%)attempts 23–3goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Williams – Stoll9:55

    xG 0.47–0.12 (79%)attempts 14–5goals 1–1

  3. Richardson – Lewis – Westgarth3:06

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Lewis – Simmonds4:04

    xG 0.09–0.04 (70%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Doughty16:40

    xG 1.01–0.57 (64%)attempts 29–14goals 0–2

  2. Scuderi – Greene9:33

    xG 0.31–0.12 (72%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Drewiske6:17

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

LAK 2.8 xGPHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

LAK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line LAK is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #178 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 11 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 61% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

Simulated goal difference (LAK − PHI), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).