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Tue, Feb 21, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 4, Phoenix Coyotes 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 54% of the time.

PHX winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK31411004011429
PHX0531417032529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:18LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Dustin Brown, Dwight King · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:32LAKAndrei LoktionovAssists: Alec Martinez, Matt Greene · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:44LAKDustin BrownAssists: Willie Mitchell, Mike Richards · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P2 0:50PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Martin Hanzal, Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:26PHXShane DoanPPAssists: Martin Hanzal, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:51LAKJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.45 xG4–2
  7. P2 17:07PHXShane DoanAssists: Martin Hanzal, Lauri Korpikoski · Wrist, 0.33 xG4–3
  8. P3 17:33PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Lauri Korpikoski · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. PHX Ray Whitney scored
  2. 2. LAK Mike Richards stopped
  3. 3. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. LAK Dustin Brown scored
  5. 5. PHX Mikkel Boedker scored
  6. 6. LAK Jack Johnson stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P2 0:28LAKJack Johnson: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:15LAKMatt Greene: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:38PHXChris Summers: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:49PHXAdrian Aucoin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:02LAKMatt Greene: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:48LAKAnze Kopitar: Interference2 min
  7. P3 6:50PHXRaffi Torres: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:23LAKKyle Clifford: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:47LAKKyle Clifford: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min · PPG
  10. P3 13:47PHXKeith Yandle: Roughing2 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 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPHX
29Shots on goal29
2.7Expected goals2.5
58Shot attempts46
36Faceoffs won22
3Power plays7
20Penalty minutes8
34Hits37
6Blocked shots14
3Giveaways4
8Takeaways13

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 – King8:15

    xG 0.65–0.25 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  2. Stoll – Fraser – Richardson6:15

    xG 0.43–0.06 (88%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Kopitar – Nolan8:41

    xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Loktionov – Clifford7:39

    xG 0.22–0.14 (61%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Johnson12:53

    xG 0.87–0.29 (75%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty16:54

    xG 0.45–0.14 (76%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Martinez8:29

    xG 0.25–0.15 (62%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Langkow – Doan – Korpikoski6:24

    xG 0.09–0.05 (62%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Torres – Gordon – Brule4:00

    xG 0.08–0.15 (34%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal7:31

    xG 0.05–0.21 (20%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Langkow – Torres – Boedker5:27

    xG 0.02–0.20 (9%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Yandle13:57

    xG 0.23–0.09 (73%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson2:39

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Ekman-Larsson14:28

    xG 0.33–0.74 (31%)attempts 10–18goals 0–2

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 2.5 xGLAK 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 99/100 · #10 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.68 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 54% of the time.

PHX winsLAK wins

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

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