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Thu, Oct 20, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 2, Phoenix Coyotes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.

PHX winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK082905222
PHX01107010028

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:56LAKDustin BrownPPGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:23LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Kevin Westgarth, Matt Greene · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:19LAKJarret Stoll: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:08PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:08LAKKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:43PHXDaymond Langkow: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:09PHXPaul Bissonnette: Interference2 min
  6. P2 12:01PHXRostislav Klesla: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 4:29LAKEthan Moreau: Holding2 min
  8. P3 17:25LAKBrad Richardson: 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 SOG0PHX
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stoll won the faceoff against Langkow
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPHX
22Shots on goal28
2.7Expected goals2.2
51Shot attempts64
22Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
21Hits24
20Blocked shots13
0Giveaways9
2Takeaways4

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. bestBrown – Richards – Penner11:18

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Westgarth – Clifford3:53

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Moreau – Stoll – Richardson8:53

    xG 0.29–0.30 (49%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Gagne – Williams – Kopitar11:47

    xG 0.38–0.51 (43%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Martinez9:38

    xG 0.48–0.30 (61%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Greene4:27

    xG 0.18–0.04 (81%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Johnson16:44

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Langkow – Doan12:02

    xG 0.31–0.14 (70%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Torres – Bissonnette – Nokelainen3:06

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Torres – Nokelainen – Korpikoski2:15

    xG 0.02–0.07 (27%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Hanzal – Boedker9:36

    xG 0.26–0.32 (44%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorris – Yandle13:23

    xG 0.42–0.04 (92%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson14:29

    xG 0.51–0.44 (54%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Klesla – Schlemko12:17

    xG 0.28–0.46 (38%)attempts 14–10goals 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.

PHX 2.2 xGLAK 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1100 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 61% of the time.

PHX winsLAK wins

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

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