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Sat, Oct 15, 2011·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Los Angeles Kings 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 56% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK19071713326
PHI1140121800234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:30PHIDaniel BrièrePPAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Chris Pronger · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:29LAKJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Simon Gagne, Willie Mitchell · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:35LAKJustin WilliamsAssists: Simon Gagne, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:29PHIMatt CarlePPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Daniel Brière · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:39LAKJack JohnsonPPGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (22)
  1. P1 0:24LAKDustin Penner: Instigator2 min
  2. P1 0:24LAKDustin Penner: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 0:24LAKDustin Penner: Misconduct10 min
  4. P1 0:24PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 1:40LAKMatt Greene: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 9:00PHIMatt Carle: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 10:14PHIAndrej Meszaros: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P1 11:45PHIDaniel Brière: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P1 12:25LAKDustin Brown: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 3:12LAKSimon Gagne: High sticking2 min
  11. P2 10:30LAKKevin Westgarth: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P2 10:30PHIZac Rinaldo: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P2 10:30LAKKevin Westgarth: Misconduct10 min
  14. P2 10:30PHIZac Rinaldo: Misconduct10 min
  15. P2 12:28LAKMatt Greene: Tripping2 min
  16. P2 18:04LAKRob Scuderi: Slashing2 min
  17. P3 1:36PHIKimmo Timonen: High sticking2 min
  18. P3 4:27LAKMatt Greene: High sticking2 min
  19. P3 4:52PHIMatt Read: Interference2 min
  20. P3 13:02LAKMike Richards: Hooking2 min · PPG
  21. P3 14:52PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  22. P3 19:40PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Talbot
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPHI
26Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals3.2
52Shot attempts67
31Faceoffs won29
8Power plays7
43Penalty minutes33
21Hits15
22Blocked shots18
7Giveaways9
8Takeaways5

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestMoreau – Stoll – Richardson4:53

    xG 0.16–0.04 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Richards – Penner2:34

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Richards – Richardson3:20

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Gagne – Williams – Kopitar9:31

    xG 0.40–0.46 (46%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Greene5:33

    xG 0.39–0.15 (72%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Johnson2:10

    xG 0.04–0.05 (41%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Greene4:26

    xG 0.17–0.29 (36%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Read – Couturier6:49

    xG 0.54–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Voracek – Simmonds8:13

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Nodl – Simmonds2:21

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Giroux – van Riemsdyk8:06

    xG 0.39–0.42 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn8:18

    xG 0.46–0.19 (71%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Lilja – Meszaros9:34

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Pronger – Carle7:46

    xG 0.40–0.36 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

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.

PHI 3.2 xGLAK 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 88/100 · #117 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.42 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 56% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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