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Sat, Jan 1, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Los Angeles Kings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 71% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI112012213337
LAK2172829634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:12LAKViktor ArvidssonAssists: Phillip Danault, Trevor Moore · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:00PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Cam Atkinson, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:27LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Phillip Danault, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:46LAKAdrian KempePPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Slap, 0.45 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:27LAKBrendan LemieuxGWGAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:42PHIKevin HayesPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Cam Atkinson · Slap, 0.05 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:17LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Trevor Moore, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:01PHIIvan ProvorovAssists: Joel Farabee, Cam Atkinson · Slap, 0.03 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:16LAKViktor ArvidssonENAssists: Trevor Moore · Backhand, 0.68 xG3–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:48LAKViktor Arvidsson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:42PHIMorgan Frost: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:16LAKPhillip Danault: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  4. P1 16:08LAKBrendan Lemieux: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 18:46PHITravis Konecny: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 19:45PHIRasmus Ristolainen: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 14:22LAKBrendan Lemieux: Clipping2 min
  8. P3 1:01LAKSean Durzi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 2:12PHITravis Konecny: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 2:29LAKBlake Lizotte: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHILAK
37Shots on goal34
4.2Expected goals5.8
64Shot attempts68
35Faceoffs won32
5Power plays3
16Penalty minutes10
18Hits15
17Blocked shots15
0Giveaways8
3Takeaways0

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. bestGiroux – Atkinson – Farabee10:18

    xG 1.06–0.62 (63%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

  2. Lindblom – Konecny – Frost5:37

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Frost2:14

    xG 0.01–0.23 (4%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Willman8:18

    xG 0.11–0.33 (25%)attempts 4–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Provorov12:31

    xG 0.52–0.74 (41%)attempts 10–13goals 1–2

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim17:18

    xG 0.57–1.18 (33%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Connauton11:33

    xG 0.65–1.43 (31%)attempts 15–20goals 0–2

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestLemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev7:55

    xG 1.40–0.63 (69%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore10:09

    xG 1.13–0.53 (68%)attempts 14–9goals 3–0

  3. Grundstrom – Kupari – Turcotte7:53

    xG 0.16–0.43 (28%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo9:36

    xG 0.46–0.93 (33%)attempts 12–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson17:35

    xG 1.69–1.24 (58%)attempts 24–14goals 4–2

  2. Durzi – Bjornfot11:32

    xG 0.92–0.67 (58%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Wolanin – Roy13:17

    xG 0.62–1.04 (37%)attempts 11–17goals 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 5.8 xGPHI 4.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 75/100 · #399 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 52% (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, Los Angeles Kings win this game 71% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).