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Fri, Feb 9, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Los Angeles Kings 3, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 72% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0112916326
FLA18016012136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:32FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Denis Malgin, Mike Matheson · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:09LAKNicholas ShoreAssists: Derek Forbort, Andy Andreoff · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:03LAKJonny BrodzinskiGWGAssists: Derek Forbort · Backhand, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:25LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Alex Iafallo, Derek Forbort · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:39FLAMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:39LAKAndy Andreoff: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:38FLAKeith Yandle: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 9:55LAKKyle Clifford: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:55FLAIan McCoshen: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 12:55LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 1:07LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking2 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
26Shots on goal36
1.4Expected goals2.5
47Shot attempts66
29Faceoffs won32
1Power plays2
14Penalty minutes12
30Hits20
20Blocked shots13
6Giveaways18
7Takeaways11

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. bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo3:13

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo11:52

    xG 0.42–0.38 (52%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Lewis – Clifford8:31

    xG 0.11–0.21 (36%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Andreoff – Shore – Brodzinski8:31

    xG 0.18–0.29 (38%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Martinez – Folin15:28

    xG 0.48–0.46 (51%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort19:34

    xG 0.63–0.83 (43%)attempts 17–17goals 3–0

  3. Muzzin – LaDue11:26

    xG 0.25–0.62 (28%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Huberdeau – Malgin11:03

    xG 0.60–0.34 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  2. Huberdeau – McCann – Mamin2:11

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Dadonov – Trocheck – Barkov3:35

    xG 0.18–0.02 (91%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – McCann – Mamin6:27

    xG 0.14–0.11 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson15:35

    xG 0.77–0.46 (63%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  2. Petrovic – McCoshen11:25

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Matheson3:02

    xG 0.14–0.08 (63%)attempts 4–4goals 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 2.5 xGLAK 1.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #1001 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 72% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

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

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