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Thu, Feb 7, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Los Angeles Kings 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK11811306023339
PHI01119110022232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:46LAKAustin WagnerAssists: Kyle Clifford, Sean Walker · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:00PHISean CouturierAssists: Claude Giroux, Ivan Provorov · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:33LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Brendan Leipsic, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:42PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  2. 2. LAK Ilya Kovalchuk scored
  3. 3. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  4. 4. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  5. 5. PHI Nolan Patrick scored
  6. 6. LAK Adrian Kempe scored
  7. 7. PHI James van Riemsdyk stopped
  8. 8. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
  9. 9. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  10. 10. LAK Alex Iafallo stopped
  11. 11. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
  12. 12. LAK Tyler Toffoli scored
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 18:35LAKKyle Clifford: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 3:14LAKAlex Iafallo: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackPHI 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.

LAKPHI
39Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals2.4
62Shot attempts62
30Faceoffs won30
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
23Hits22
16Blocked shots10
7Giveaways14
6Takeaways4

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. bestClifford – Amadio – Wagner9:12

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:09

    xG 0.79–0.53 (60%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Thompson – Toffoli – Leipsic9:30

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Hagelin – Kempe11:36

    xG 0.34–0.22 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLaDue – Fantenberg12:28

    xG 0.54–0.17 (76%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort19:28

    xG 0.70–0.45 (61%)attempts 23–17goals 0–1

  3. Martinez – Walker12:38

    xG 0.60–0.50 (55%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVarone – Raffl – Vorobyev5:18

    xG 0.18–0.09 (65%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier4:06

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom12:11

    xG 0.57–0.81 (41%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny12:31

    xG 0.17–0.54 (24%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gudas – Hagg12:02

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Provorov2:01

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Provorov20:30

    xG 0.79–0.91 (46%)attempts 19–17goals 1–0

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.

PHI 2.4 xGLAK 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #364 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 59% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

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

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