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Wed, Dec 17, 2025·Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Los Angeles Kings 2, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK18010111229
FLA0821318329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:39LAKJoel ArmiaPPAssists: Brandt Clarke, Alex Laferriere · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:14FLAAnton LundellPPAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Mackie Samoskevich · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:04FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Jeff Petry, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:10FLASam BennettGWGAssists: Brad Marchand · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:48LAKKevin FialaUnassisted · Deflected, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:40LAKJoel Armia: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:53FLASam Bennett: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:35LAKJoel Armia: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:21LAKQuinton Byfield: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:37FLANoah Gregor: Holding2 min
  6. P2 7:52LAKAdrian Kempe: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 16:55FLAAnton Lundell: High sticking2 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← LAK attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bennett won the faceoff against Byfield
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKFLA
29Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals2.3
66Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won27
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
16Hits28
15Blocked shots21
12Giveaways11
5Takeaways5

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. bestMoore – Turcotte – Kuzmenko5:03

    xG 0.48–0.01 (97%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Laferriere7:17

    xG 0.35–0.28 (56%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Fiala – Foegele – Byfield8:56

    xG 0.28–0.26 (52%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  4. Perry – Kopitar – Kempe2:59

    xG 0.06–0.07 (45%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Ceci12:33

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson15:26

    xG 0.64–0.26 (71%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Clarke12:38

    xG 0.30–0.69 (30%)attempts 9–17goals 0–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchand – Verhaeghe – Bennett11:45

    xG 0.63–0.29 (69%)attempts 19–9goals 2–1

  2. Kunin – Gregor – Boqvist5:17

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Greer – Boqvist – Samoskevich3:51

    xG 0.00–0.17 (1%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell11:29

    xG 0.18–0.43 (29%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJones – Mikkola16:26

    xG 0.61–0.47 (56%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  2. Ekblad – Forsling15:01

    xG 0.39–0.67 (37%)attempts 14–17goals 1–1

  3. Petry – Balinskis13:45

    xG 0.35–0.83 (30%)attempts 12–21goals 1–0

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.

FLA 2.3 xGLAK 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #849 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 60% of the time.

FLA winsLAK wins

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

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

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