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Sat, Jan 2, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 52% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0707116130
LAK2150908232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:33LAKDwight KingAssists: Marian Gaborik · Slap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:16LAKDrew DoughtyPPGWGAssists: Jake Muzzin, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:50PHIBrayden SchennPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:09LAKAlec Martinez: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:37PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:30LAKJake Muzzin: Holding2 min
  4. P2 4:30PHIEvgeny Medvedev: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:44PHIRyan White: Holding2 min
  6. P3 7:28LAKJake Muzzin: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 17:13LAKTanner Pearson: Tripping2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHILAK
30Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals2.2
56Shot attempts55
34Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
32Hits28
13Blocked shots15
10Giveaways19
1Takeaways4

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSchenn – Couturier – Raffl7:00

    xG 0.30–0.06 (84%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare8:39

    xG 0.27–0.19 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier5:06

    xG 0.13–0.10 (57%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – White – Laughton2:13

    xG 0.01–0.00 (92%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Medvedev2:29

    xG 0.27–0.06 (81%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Medvedev3:03

    xG 0.10–0.06 (63%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Gostisbehere2:33

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Lucic – Toffoli12:59

    xG 0.56–0.24 (70%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Lewis – King9:51

    xG 0.26–0.31 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Shore – Pearson11:48

    xG 0.18–0.23 (44%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Nolan – Mersch – Andreoff6:13

    xG 0.16–0.26 (38%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb15:41

    xG 0.41–0.21 (66%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez16:47

    xG 0.57–0.48 (54%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  3. Ehrhoff – McBain9:42

    xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 9–7goals 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 2.2 xGPHI 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #1018 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 52% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

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

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