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Thu, Feb 9, 2012·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Los Angeles Kings 1, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0110319123
FLA0526112323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:52FLASean BergenheimAssists: Marcel Goc, Mike Weaver · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:14FLAMike SantorelliGWGAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Shawn Matthias · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:32LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:11FLAMatt BradleyENAssists: Shawn Matthias, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:46FLATomas Kopecky: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:32FLAStephen Weiss: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:51LAKJustin Williams: Holding2 min
  4. P2 19:40LAKTrent Hunter: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Weiss won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKFLA
23Shots on goal23
1.2Expected goals2.1
53Shot attempts35
20Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
36Hits24
4Blocked shots18
4Giveaways5
7Takeaways7

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. bestHunter – Fraser – Richardson6:11

    xG 0.28–0.02 (92%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Brown – Kopitar10:51

    xG 0.27–0.13 (68%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Loktionov – Clifford7:53

    xG 0.10–0.03 (74%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Richards – Kopitar2:24

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Martinez10:17

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty15:44

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Martinez – Doughty3:08

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg13:50

    xG 0.52–0.09 (86%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Bradley – Madden – Barch6:17

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Samuelsson – Goc – Bergenheim9:50

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  4. Kopecky – Santorelli – Matthias8:39

    xG 0.08–0.20 (29%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrachan – Ellerby11:02

    xG 0.52–0.17 (76%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Weaver – Garrison14:17

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Campbell – Gudbranson15:22

    xG 0.22–0.44 (33%)attempts 8–16goals 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.

FLA 2.1 xGLAK 1.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLALAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1010 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

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

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