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Thu, Jan 16, 2020·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Los Angeles Kings 3, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0907314330
FLA191829426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:04FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:06FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Dominic Toninato, Mike Hoffman · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:55FLAMike MathesonAssists: Aaron Ekblad · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:06FLABrian BoyleGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 11:42LAKAlex IafalloSHAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:08LAKJeff CarterSHAssists: Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:20LAKAnze KopitarSHAssists: Nikolai Prokhorkin, Dustin Brown · Slap, 0.43 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:23LAKAustin Wagner: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:21FLADominic Toninato: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:52FLABrett Connolly: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 19:31LAKBen Hutton: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 2:57LAKMatt Roy: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 14:10FLABrian Boyle: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 16:08FLAJoshua Brown: Holding2 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
45% to win55% 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
30Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals3.2
58Shot attempts50
22Faceoffs won22
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits22
14Blocked shots15
9Giveaways13
8Takeaways11

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Brown – Clifford11:12

    xG 0.44–0.16 (73%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Prokhorkin – Anderson-Dolan2:17

    xG 0.05–0.08 (36%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo10:00

    xG 0.20–0.36 (36%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Lewis – Wagner – Anderson-Dolan7:57

    xG 0.20–0.54 (27%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Roy11:32

    xG 0.43–0.14 (75%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Forbort – Walker11:13

    xG 0.13–0.91 (13%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Doughty19:20

    xG 0.32–1.43 (18%)attempts 9–19goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Toninato – Vatrano9:29

    xG 1.02–0.36 (74%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov11:32

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Connolly – Trocheck – Acciari10:03

    xG 0.19–0.41 (32%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Stillman11:23

    xG 0.71–0.46 (60%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Matheson – Ekblad12:37

    xG 0.56–0.40 (58%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Yandle – Brown10:40

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 8–15goals 2–0

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 3.2 xGLAK 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 82/100 · #195 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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