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Fri, Oct 14, 2016·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0442105430
LAK0101916225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:55PHIBoyd GordonAssists: Nick Cousins, Brandon Manning · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:43PHISean CouturierAssists: Travis Konecny, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:04PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Travis Konecny, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P2 18:03PHIMark StreitAssists: Ivan Provorov, Nick Cousins · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–0
  5. P2 18:52LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.02 xG4–1
  6. P3 3:01LAKBrayden McNabbAssists: Alec Martinez, Dwight King · Slap, 0.02 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:53LAKAndy Andreoff: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 0:00PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 5:08LAKJordan Nolan: Interference2 min
  4. P3 10:53PHIAndrew MacDonald: Holding2 min
  5. P3 19:00PHIDale Weise: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 19:00LAKJake Muzzin: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
44% to win56% to win
← PHI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHILAK
30Shots on goal25
2.5Expected goals2.1
49Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won41
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
29Hits32
16Blocked shots13
11Giveaways10
2Takeaways1

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. bestWeise – Cousins – Bellemare8:00

    xG 0.42–0.10 (81%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  2. Gordon – VandeVelde – Read8:24

    xG 0.25–0.06 (79%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Couturier – Konecny10:46

    xG 0.42–0.30 (58%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Raffl12:25

    xG 0.37–0.56 (40%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Gostisbehere13:38

    xG 0.88–0.32 (73%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Manning13:42

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 10–10goals 2–1

  3. Streit – Provorov15:34

    xG 0.92–0.84 (52%)attempts 15–17goals 1–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. Brown – Setoguchi – Shore7:51

    xG 0.04–0.07 (39%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – King – Toffoli10:58

    xG 0.87–0.90 (49%)attempts 15–10goals 2–1

  3. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff6:08

    xG 0.08–0.30 (21%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Lewis – Purcell9:24

    xG 0.17–0.64 (21%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – McNabb15:00

    xG 0.94–0.41 (70%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty20:00

    xG 0.42–0.70 (38%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1

  3. Greene – Forbort10:39

    xG 0.13–0.62 (17%)attempts 7–13goals 0–2

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 2.1 xGPHI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 61/100 · #441 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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