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Thu, Jan 5, 2012·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Phoenix Coyotes 0, Los Angeles Kings 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 66% of the time.

LAK winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHX060501100022
LAK070120811128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 0:38LAKDrew DoughtyGWGAssists: Jarret Stoll, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 7:09LAKJarret Stoll: Interference2 min
  2. P2 10:25PHXRadim Vrbata: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
45% to win55% to win
← PHX attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Langkow won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXLAK
22Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts54
32Faceoffs won20
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
22Hits34
14Blocked shots12
11Giveaways5
4Takeaways6

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. O'Sullivan – Bissonnette – O'Reilly4:06

    xG 0.05–0.04 (56%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Pouliot – Korpikoski12:04

    xG 0.41–0.47 (47%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Langkow – Doan – Boedker14:32

    xG 0.54–0.77 (41%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Vrbata – Chipchura12:59

    xG 0.12–0.37 (25%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Klesla9:15

    xG 0.23–0.04 (87%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Klesla – Schlemko4:42

    xG 0.29–0.17 (63%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Ekman-Larsson6:41

    xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Richards – Kopitar15:52

    xG 0.77–0.54 (59%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Lewis – Loktionov11:05

    xG 0.56–0.39 (59%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Stoll – Penner13:45

    xG 0.38–0.25 (61%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Hunter – Fraser – Clifford9:40

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Martinez16:37

    xG 0.85–0.52 (62%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty19:28

    xG 0.80–0.65 (55%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Johnson18:45

    xG 0.46–0.40 (54%)attempts 10–18goals 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 2.4 xGPHX 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 1/100 · #1207 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 66% of the time.

LAK winsPHX wins

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

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