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Sat, Nov 7, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Florida Panthers 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 76% of the time.

LAK winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1504010119
LAK01032015435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:31FLANick BjugstadAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:16LAKJeff CarterAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Derek Forbort · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:39LAKDrew DoughtyPPGWGAssists: Jake Muzzin, Tyler Toffoli · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:34LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Dustin Brown, Tanner Pearson · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:37LAKMilan LucicAssists: Jeff Carter · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:55LAKAnze Kopitar: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 7:57LAKJeff Carter: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 8:42LAKDrew Doughty: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 16:26FLAErik Gudbranson: Hooking2 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
47% to win54% to win
← FLA attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Carter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLALAK
19Shots on goal35
1.4Expected goals2.9
40Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won40
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
39Hits36
9Blocked shots10
6Giveaways10
4Takeaways3

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. bestSmith – Howden – Grimaldi3:45

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Bjugstad – Huberdeau14:09

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – MacKenzie – Wilson10:34

    xG 0.20–0.37 (36%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Pirri – Howden – Grimaldi8:01

    xG 0.05–0.36 (12%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Campbell – Ekblad15:37

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Mitchell – Gudbranson14:43

    xG 0.26–0.58 (31%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

  3. Kulikov – Petrovic18:25

    xG 0.40–1.24 (24%)attempts 10–23goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Pearson7:08

    xG 0.79–0.24 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Lewis – Pearson5:55

    xG 0.50–0.09 (85%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Brown – Shore5:11

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Lucic – Toffoli14:02

    xG 0.47–0.15 (75%)attempts 14–11goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb19:37

    xG 1.28–0.37 (77%)attempts 19–13goals 2–1

  2. Muzzin – Martinez20:03

    xG 0.89–0.51 (64%)attempts 25–13goals 0–0

  3. McBain – Forbort12:53

    xG 0.35–0.10 (77%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

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 2.9 xGFLA 1.4 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 34/100 · #851 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 76% 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).