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Thu, Feb 5, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Los Angeles Kings 2, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1140819231
FLA180527320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:39FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Brad Boyes, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:48LAKJamie McBainAssists: Dustin Brown, Marian Gaborik · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:19LAKMarian GaborikPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · Slap, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:26FLANick BjugstadUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:55FLABrandon PirriGWGAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Dmitry Kulikov · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 17:13FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Boarding2 min
  2. P3 2:11FLAAlexander Petrovic: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 9:18LAKKyle Clifford: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKFLA
31Shots on goal20
1.7Expected goals0.9
50Shot attempts30
42Faceoffs won22
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
47Hits35
5Blocked shots14
2Giveaways5
1Takeaways6

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. bestCarter – King – Toffoli11:41

    xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar14:29

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 13–5goals 1–1

  3. Clifford – Nolan – Shore2:10

    xG 0.04–0.01 (72%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Stoll – Lewis5:10

    xG 0.07–0.08 (45%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Doughty9:52

    xG 0.31–0.03 (91%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Regehr – McBain7:44

    xG 0.35–0.21 (63%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty13:51

    xG 0.27–0.19 (59%)attempts 10–5goals 0–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. MacKenzie – Kopecky – Upshall8:58

    xG 0.04–0.02 (65%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Fleischmann – Bolland – Pirri11:03

    xG 0.20–0.21 (49%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Jokinen – Hayes – Bjugstad11:58

    xG 0.34–0.38 (47%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  4. Boyes – Huberdeau – Barkov15:14

    xG 0.19–0.30 (38%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKampfer – Kulikov2:32

    xG 0.10–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Kampfer2:11

    xG 0.08–0.08 (48%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  3. Kulikov – Ekblad2:53

    xG 0.03–0.06 (30%)attempts 2–4goals 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 0.9 xGLAK 1.7 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 49/100 · #572 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 69% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

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

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