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Sat, Mar 22, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Florida Panthers 0, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA080808024
LAK21014115429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:03LAKTrevor LewisGWGAssists: Kyle Clifford, Willie Mitchell · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:16LAKMike RichardsAssists: Trevor Lewis, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:54LAKDustin BrownAssists: Jarret Stoll, Dwight King · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:59LAKAlec MartinezPPAssists: Slava Voynov, Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:37FLAEd Jovanovski: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:03FLASean Bergenheim: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:47LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:12LAKWillie Mitchell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 11:12FLAQuinton Howden: High sticking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLALAK
24Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals3.2
48Shot attempts56
22Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
19Hits34
13Blocked shots7
14Giveaways11
4Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestGomez – Barch – Hayes7:26

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Crabb – Pirri – Howden9:22

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Fleischmann – Upshall – Trocheck9:41

    xG 0.18–0.64 (22%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Bergenheim – Bjugstad10:55

    xG 0.31–1.08 (22%)attempts 6–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Jovanovski – Olsen9:22

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  2. Gilbert – Kulikov2:30

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

  3. Jovanovski – Kulikov2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Toffoli – Pearson7:22

    xG 0.73–0.13 (84%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Brown – King7:02

    xG 0.60–0.02 (96%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Lewis – Clifford7:24

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  4. Richards – Toffoli – Pearson2:00

    xG 0.07–0.07 (49%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Doughty3:03

    xG 0.95–0.22 (81%)attempts 6–3goals 2–0

  2. Regehr – Voynov16:13

    xG 1.09–0.67 (62%)attempts 19–16goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Martinez15:01

    xG 0.11–0.01 (88%)attempts 6–3goals 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 3.2 xGFLA 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1161 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsFLA wins

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

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