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Sat, Dec 31, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 62% of the time.

LAK winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1101528423
LAK21107011229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:46LAKAdrian KempePPAssists: Drew Doughty, Kevin Fiala · Slap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:15PHIScott LaughtonPPAssists: Cam York, Owen Tippett · Slap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:12LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Viktor Arvidsson · Slap, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:02PHIOwen TippettAssists: Tony DeAngelo, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:01PHINoah CatesSHGWGAssists: Nick Seeler, Rasmus Ristolainen · Snap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:33PHITravis KonecnyENAssists: Scott Laughton, Noah Cates · Wrap-around, 0.80 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:41PHICam York: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:49PHITravis Konecny: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 10:47LAKCarl Grundstrom: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:03PHIJoel Farabee: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 18:06PHINick Seeler: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 1:03LAKMikey Anderson: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 12:16PHIIvan Provorov: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 16:24LAKGabriel Vilardi: 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
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Cates
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHILAK
23Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals2.5
44Shot attempts63
22Faceoffs won35
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
38Hits20
22Blocked shots11
3Giveaways9
2Takeaways3

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. van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost8:19

    xG 0.15–0.17 (46%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Hayes – Laughton – Allison8:29

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Brown – MacEwen6:55

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Konecny – Cates – Farabee10:30

    xG 0.37–1.08 (25%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Ristolainen11:47

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Provorov – York14:28

    xG 0.66–0.89 (43%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – DeAngelo13:34

    xG 0.26–0.91 (23%)attempts 7–12goals 1–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Kempe – Byfield9:54

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo11:24

    xG 0.87–0.45 (66%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Fiala – Vilardi – Lizotte9:53

    xG 0.45–0.32 (59%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  4. Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Kupari6:03

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson15:39

    xG 1.27–0.41 (76%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Roy – Durzi12:39

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Walker12:09

    xG 0.48–0.56 (46%)attempts 15–8goals 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 2.5 xGPHI 3.1 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 52/100 · #717 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 62% 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).