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Tue, Dec 31, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 54% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01519211335
LAK41501014529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:31LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Matt Luff, Michael Amadio · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:57LAKAlex IafalloPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:45LAKTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–3
  4. P1 17:52LAKAdrian KempeSHGWGAssists: Blake Lizotte, Kurtis MacDermid · Snap, 0.06 xG0–4
  5. P2 14:59PHIJustin BraunAssists: Mikhail Vorobyev · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:31LAKMartin FrkPPAssists: Sean Walker, Nikolai Prokhorkin · Slap, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P3 7:16PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:08PHIScott LaughtonAssists: Justin Braun, Jakub Voracek · Deflected, 0.18 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:10PHIRobert Hagg: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:07PHIScott Laughton: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:23LAKAnze Kopitar: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 16:59LAKAustin Wagner: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:36PHIScott Laughton: Boarding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:14LAKAnze Kopitar: Holding the stick2 min · PPG

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
45% to win55% 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 goal29
2.9Expected goals3.1
52Shot attempts50
28Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
11Hits13
14Blocked shots8
6Giveaways8
3Takeaways5

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Pitlick – Vorobyev2:46

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier9:01

    xG 0.49–0.12 (81%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Laughton – Farabee4:18

    xG 0.33–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  4. Aube-Kubel – Vorobyev – Farabee6:11

    xG 0.48–0.30 (61%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Sanheim9:45

    xG 0.87–0.04 (95%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Niskanen – Provorov6:09

    xG 0.85–0.14 (86%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Gostisbehere5:23

    xG 0.35–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. Clifford – Amadio – Luff4:58

    xG 0.22–0.31 (41%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Frk – Prokhorkin4:27

    xG 0.00–0.22 (2%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte10:04

    xG 0.39–0.70 (36%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo11:37

    xG 0.09–0.54 (14%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hutton – Roy15:20

    xG 0.53–0.80 (40%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Walker17:36

    xG 0.30–0.92 (25%)attempts 11–16goals 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 3.1 xGPHI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #422 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 54% 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).