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Fri, Jan 27, 2023·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Los Angeles Kings 4, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 80% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK21319111433
FLA012217119348

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:25LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Quinton Byfield, Adrian Kempe · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:58LAKAdrian KempeSHAssists: Blake Lizotte · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:58LAKViktor ArvidssonSHAssists: Mikey Anderson, Phillip Danault · Snap, 0.26 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:23FLARyan LombergAssists: Nick Cousins, Eric Staal · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:19FLABrandon MontourAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Carter Verhaeghe · Slap, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:58LAKMatt RoyENGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.42 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:26FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 16:50LAKQuinton Byfield: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:26LAKTobias Bjornfot: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 7:57FLAAaron Ekblad: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 7:57LAKAlex Turcotte: Boarding5 min
  5. P3 5:30FLAAleksander Barkov: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 5:56LAKSean Durzi: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:25LAKSean Durzi: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 14:18FLACarter Verhaeghe: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 14:18FLARyan Lomberg: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 14:18LAKKevin Fiala: Roughing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKFLA
33Shots on goal48
3.0Expected goals5.1
52Shot attempts80
29Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes8
17Hits14
19Blocked shots13
11Giveaways8
8Takeaways0

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. Kupari – Fagemo – Turcotte4:46

    xG 0.09–0.44 (17%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Fiala – Anderson-Dolan – Lizotte9:42

    xG 0.34–0.85 (29%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo10:39

    xG 0.28–1.12 (20%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield8:39

    xG 0.33–1.60 (17%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Walker – Bjornfot10:41

    xG 0.39–0.68 (36%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  2. Roy – Durzi14:11

    xG 0.55–0.97 (36%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Anderson13:16

    xG 0.54–2.59 (17%)attempts 13–29goals 1–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk12:01

    xG 1.62–0.46 (78%)attempts 25–12goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Cousins – Lomberg2:59

    xG 0.45–0.19 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Barkov – Reinhart – Lundell8:18

    xG 0.52–0.29 (64%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  4. Cousins – Lomberg – Luostarinen2:48

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Mahura8:35

    xG 1.84–0.11 (94%)attempts 20–7goals 1–0

  2. Ekblad – Montour3:59

    xG 0.41–0.05 (89%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Montour9:26

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 15–7goals 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 5.1 xGLAK 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 69/100 · #463 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 80% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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