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Thu, Oct 5, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 55% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01008017035
LAK0911315227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:16LAKTrevor LewisGWGAssists: Nicholas Shore, Kyle Clifford · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 17:39LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Jeff Carter, Tanner Pearson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:31PHITravis Konecny: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:36LAKMichael Cammalleri: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:48LAKDerek Forbort: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 10:52PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 13:04LAKTrevor Lewis: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:14PHITravis Sanheim: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 9:58LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:58LAKTrevor Lewis: Interference2 min
  9. P3 19:34PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHILAK
35Shots on goal27
3.6Expected goals3.8
63Shot attempts56
35Faceoffs won38
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
19Hits21
13Blocked shots11
10Giveaways8
4Takeaways7

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. bestLaughton – Leier – Raffl7:27

    xG 0.92–0.21 (81%)attempts 13–4goals 0–1

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier9:50

    xG 0.75–0.28 (73%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Weise – Konecny8:27

    xG 0.26–0.39 (40%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  4. Simmonds – Weal – Patrick7:41

    xG 0.10–0.72 (12%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Hagg12:50

    xG 0.77–0.57 (58%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Sanheim9:03

    xG 0.24–0.39 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Provorov10:56

    xG 0.44–0.69 (39%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Toffoli – Pearson7:39

    xG 0.85–0.02 (98%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  2. Lewis – Clifford – Shore4:42

    xG 0.31–0.13 (70%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo9:40

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Brodzinski – Kempe3:11

    xG 0.00–0.57 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Folin12:54

    xG 0.90–0.44 (67%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort11:50

    xG 0.35–0.70 (33%)attempts 10–15goals 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 3.8 xGPHI 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1152 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 55% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

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

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