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Thu, Nov 1, 2018·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11321028531
LAK0721406227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:35PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Dale Weise, Jordan Weal · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:04LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Ilya Kovalchuk · Backhand, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:53PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Nolan Patrick · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:05PHIOskar LindblomGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Nolan Patrick · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:41LAKIlya KovalchukAssists: Jeff Carter, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:27PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:49PHIRobert HaggENAssists: Brian Elliott · Wrist, 0.41 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:49PHIWayne Simmonds: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:30PHIChristian Folin: Interference2 min
  3. P1 10:55PHIJori Lehtera: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:49LAKKyle Clifford: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:52PHITravis Konecny: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:35PHIScott Laughton: 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
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
31Shots on goal27
3.8Expected goals3.2
53Shot attempts55
22Faceoffs won36
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
18Hits27
11Blocked shots8
6Giveaways11
1Takeaways3

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. bestSimmonds – Weise – Weal13:47

    xG 0.75–0.14 (84%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Lehtera – Laughton – Aube-Kubel6:46

    xG 0.05–0.01 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick13:21

    xG 0.71–0.68 (51%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  4. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny12:22

    xG 0.55–0.52 (51%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Sanheim9:59

    xG 0.72–0.25 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Hagg – Provorov15:10

    xG 0.69–0.46 (60%)attempts 14–20goals 2–0

  3. Gudas – Provorov3:00

    xG 0.13–0.02 (85%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKovalchuk – Carter – Toffoli5:02

    xG 0.58–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Clifford – Wagner6:54

    xG 0.01–0.02 (34%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo14:12

    xG 0.53–0.62 (46%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  4. Lewis – Pearson – Kempe2:42

    xG 0.06–0.16 (26%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez18:05

    xG 1.07–0.76 (59%)attempts 20–15goals 1–2

  2. Phaneuf – Martinez2:58

    xG 0.21–0.21 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Walker4:19

    xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

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 3.2 xGPHI 3.8 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 56/100 · #550 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 45% (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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% 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).