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Thu, Dec 16, 2021·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Los Angeles Kings 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 78% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11421017431
FLA115015012142

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:56FLAMatt KierstedAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Sam Reinhart · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:05LAKOlli MaattaAssists: Carl Grundstrom, Trevor Moore · Slap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:27LAKAnze KopitarGWGAssists: Sean Durzi, Alex Iafallo · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:58LAKDustin BrownAssists: Matt Roy · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:02LAKArthur KaliyevAssists: Blake Lizotte · Snap, 0.04 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:59FLAGrigori Denisenko: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:42LAKViktor Arvidsson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 1:10FLAEetu Luostarinen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 14:33LAKJonathan Quick: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 12:01LAKSean Durzi: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 17:04LAKAnze Kopitar: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Reinhart
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKFLA
31Shots on goal42
2.1Expected goals3.8
50Shot attempts67
36Faceoffs won17
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
21Hits30
16Blocked shots10
5Giveaways12
5Takeaways17

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. bestLemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev6:09

    xG 0.14–0.09 (61%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo12:03

    xG 0.29–0.24 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Kempe8:52

    xG 0.44–0.54 (45%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  4. Grundstrom – Moore – Kupari9:04

    xG 0.33–0.79 (30%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Roy15:43

    xG 0.52–0.44 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  2. Wolanin – Anderson10:58

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Anderson2:48

    xG 0.00–0.36 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHornqvist – Heponiemi – Luostarinen8:16

    xG 0.74–0.06 (92%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Huberdeau – Duclair – Reinhart9:49

    xG 0.41–0.43 (49%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Tippett – Denisenko – Lundell7:45

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Carlsson7:34

    xG 0.48–0.07 (86%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Carlsson – Priskie9:59

    xG 0.64–0.24 (73%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Kiersted9:20

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

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.

FLA 3.8 xGLAK 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #917 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 78% 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).