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Sat, Nov 4, 2023·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Los Angeles Kings 5, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK21121118530
PHI0130803024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:32LAKAdrian KempeGWGAssists: Quinton Byfield, Vladislav Gavrikov · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:50LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Matt Roy, Quinton Byfield · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:01LAKArthur KaliyevPPAssists: Quinton Byfield, Trevor Moore · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P2 19:44LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Arthur Kaliyev · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–0
  5. P3 6:32LAKBlake LizotteAssists: Alex Laferriere · Snap, 0.08 xG5–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:57PHIEgor Zamula: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:03LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:32PHIEgor Zamula: Interference2 min
  4. P2 3:12LAKArthur Kaliyev: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 6:24LAKMikey Anderson: Interference2 min
  6. P2 12:59PHINick Seeler: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 15:13PHICam York: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  8. P2 16:39LAKBlake Lizotte: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 12:39PHIScott Laughton: 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 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Frost won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPHI
30Shots on goal24
2.2Expected goals2.1
54Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won22
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
14Hits28
14Blocked shots11
9Giveaways3
7Takeaways6

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. bestDanault – Moore – Kaliyev9:22

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  2. Fiala – Dubois – Laferriere8:47

    xG 0.49–0.51 (49%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Grundstrom – Lizotte8:32

    xG 0.08–0.15 (34%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield9:11

    xG 0.26–0.38 (40%)attempts 10–5goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Roy12:08

    xG 0.57–0.21 (73%)attempts 15–10goals 3–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson14:20

    xG 0.64–0.55 (54%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Englund – Spence10:32

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCates – Farabee – Brink4:06

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Foerster4:39

    xG 0.13–0.18 (41%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Atkinson – Tippett – Cates2:16

    xG 0.12–0.17 (40%)attempts 1–4goals 0–2

  4. Deslauriers – Hathaway – Poehling6:12

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Walker12:16

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Walker4:07

    xG 0.11–0.01 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Sanheim – Zamula4:26

    xG 0.12–0.16 (42%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

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.

PHI 2.1 xGLAK 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1187 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHI 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

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

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