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Thu, Dec 19, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Los Angeles Kings 7, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 69% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1112848727
PHI1921502326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:53LAKKevin FialaAssists: Phillip Danault · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:11PHINoah CatesAssists: Bobby Brink, Tyson Foerster · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:31LAKTanner JeannotAssists: Warren Foegele, Jordan Spence · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:30PHITyson FoersterAssists: Scott Laughton · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:04PHITyson FoersterAssists: Morgan Frost, Owen Tippett · Snap, 0.28 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:16LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Alex Laferriere, Vladislav Gavrikov · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 1:54LAKWarren FoegeleGWGAssists: Jordan Spence, Jacob Moverare · Tip-in, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P3 10:39LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Alex Turcotte, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.20 xG5–3
  9. P3 16:23LAKQuinton ByfieldENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.74 xG6–3
  10. P3 17:34LAKKevin FialaAssists: Alex Laferriere, Brandt Clarke · Wrist, 0.16 xG7–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 9:16PHITyson Foerster: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 12:57LAKTanner Jeannot: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 6:02LAKJacob Moverare: 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 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPHI
27Shots on goal26
3.3Expected goals2.2
60Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won33
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
13Hits14
17Blocked shots18
7Giveaways9
4Takeaways3

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. bestKopitar – Kempe – Turcotte13:05

    xG 0.74–0.14 (84%)attempts 21–8goals 1–0

  2. Foegele – Jeannot – Byfield10:26

    xG 0.56–0.41 (58%)attempts 7–13goals 2–0

  3. Danault – Fiala – Laferriere11:45

    xG 0.69–0.56 (55%)attempts 14–13goals 2–1

  4. Fiala – Thomas – Helenius2:16

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoverare – Spence12:05

    xG 0.72–0.28 (72%)attempts 7–14goals 3–0

  2. Gavrikov – Anderson15:05

    xG 0.62–0.30 (67%)attempts 25–10goals 2–1

  3. Edmundson – Clarke10:55

    xG 0.62–0.43 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCates – Brink – Foerster12:24

    xG 0.41–0.21 (66%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Laughton – Hathaway – Poehling10:10

    xG 0.35–0.41 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

  3. Couturier – Konecny – Farabee13:44

    xG 0.44–0.67 (40%)attempts 11–23goals 0–0

  4. Tippett – Frost – Michkov8:28

    xG 0.08–0.82 (9%)attempts 9–12goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. Zamula – Andrae12:04

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Drysdale18:52

    xG 0.95–1.27 (43%)attempts 14–26goals 1–4

  3. Seeler – Ristolainen16:47

    xG 0.30–0.65 (31%)attempts 20–19goals 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.

PHI 2.2 xGLAK 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 86/100 · #174 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 69% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

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

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