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Tue, Oct 28, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Los Angeles Kings 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 65% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK11401011501240
PHI2200701412343

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:24PHIMichael RafflAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:08LAKTyler ToffoliSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:16PHIChris VandeVeldeAssists: Jakub Voracek, Nick Schultz · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:01LAKMike RichardsAssists: Drew Doughty, Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:36PHIBrayden SchennGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:14LAKMike Richards: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:34LAKJordan Nolan: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:34PHIWayne Simmonds: Holding2 min
  4. P2 1:09PHINick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 2:36LAKJonathan Quick: Misconduct10 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 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPHI
40Shots on goal43
5.1Expected goals4.0
78Shot attempts67
32Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
14Penalty minutes4
40Hits26
13Blocked shots18
6Giveaways11
6Takeaways8

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. bestWilliams – Stoll – Clifford10:26

    xG 0.66–0.20 (77%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson11:11

    xG 0.56–0.47 (55%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff2:00

    xG 0.17–0.20 (45%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Richards – King12:58

    xG 1.40–1.52 (48%)attempts 16–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Doughty3:26

    xG 0.83–0.43 (66%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty16:40

    xG 0.85–0.72 (54%)attempts 22–18goals 0–1

  3. Martinez – McNabb2:28

    xG 0.48–0.35 (57%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Schenn – Bellemare10:05

    xG 0.56–0.18 (75%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl12:43

    xG 1.01–0.91 (53%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  3. Umberger – Read – Couturier10:52

    xG 0.21–0.73 (22%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  4. VandeVelde – Rinaldo – Akeson5:59

    xG 0.46–1.12 (29%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Del Zotto2:37

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Grossmann14:50

    xG 1.18–1.15 (51%)attempts 19–18goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Del Zotto5:46

    xG 0.38–0.41 (49%)attempts 7–8goals 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.

PHI 4.0 xGLAK 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 50/100 · #564 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 65% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

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

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