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Thu, Mar 3, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Phoenix Coyotes 0, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 51% of the time.

LAK winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX0707011025
LAK040915118

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 12:13LAKJarret StollPPGWGAssists: Anze Kopitar, Ryan Smyth · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:07PHXAdrian Aucoin: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:13LAKMatt Greene: Interference2 min
  3. P3 3:12LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  4. P3 11:32PHXRostislav Klesla: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:47LAKMatt Greene: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
47% to win53% to win
← PHX attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Handzus
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXLAK
25Shots on goal18
1.6Expected goals1.6
51Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
31Hits36
13Blocked shots14
18Giveaways12
3Takeaways8

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Doan – Belanger12:49

    xG 0.25–0.17 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Doan – Korpikoski – Ebbett2:24

    xG 0.11–0.04 (72%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Fiddler – Stempniak13:10

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  4. Bissonnette – Korpikoski – Ebbett5:28

    xG 0.11–0.18 (37%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Klesla13:48

    xG 0.53–0.30 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Yandle2:11

    xG 0.09–0.02 (79%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Morris – Yandle17:18

    xG 0.26–0.59 (31%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Williams – Stoll9:58

    xG 0.45–0.10 (82%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Handzus – Brown – Richardson10:22

    xG 0.40–0.22 (65%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Lewis – Clifford7:49

    xG 0.26–0.21 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Williams – Penner – Kopitar3:37

    xG 0.17–0.22 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Johnson13:39

    xG 0.60–0.24 (71%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Doughty9:20

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Doughty2:23

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 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 1.6 xGPHX 1.6 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1080 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 51% of the time.

LAK winsPHX wins

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

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