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Tue, Mar 12, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 2, Phoenix Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 58% of the time.

PHX winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK09110114233
PHX2132818529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:25PHXMikkel BoedkerAssists: Raffi Torres, Martin Hanzal · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:47PHXShane DoanAssists: Derek Morris, Steve Sullivan · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:27PHXMikkel BoedkerPPGWGAssists: Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 12:33PHXRaffi TorresAssists: Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–4
  5. P2 17:37LAKMike RichardsPPAssists: Slava Voynov, Jarret Stoll · Slap, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P3 4:47LAKDustin BrownPPAssists: Jake Muzzin, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:55PHXRob KlinkhammerAssists: David Moss, Rostislav Klesla · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:53PHXRostislav Klesla: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 14:15PHXLauri Korpikoski: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 2:44LAKJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:20LAKJake Muzzin: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:06PHXMartin Hanzal: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:33PHXDerek Morris: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:14LAKJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 16:58PHXDerek Morris: Interference2 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
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPHX
33Shots on goal29
1.6Expected goals2.0
66Shot attempts44
30Faceoffs won35
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
29Hits32
9Blocked shots25
0Giveaways4
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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar14:20

    xG 0.51–0.26 (66%)attempts 26–8goals 0–1

  2. Stoll – Lewis – King9:07

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Fraser – Clifford – Nolan3:38

    xG 0.14–0.46 (23%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  4. Carter – Richards – Penner13:03

    xG 0.15–0.65 (18%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty18:59

    xG 0.78–0.29 (73%)attempts 29–11goals 0–0

  2. Ellerby – Voynov2:49

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Voynov9:51

    xG 0.09–0.28 (24%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Gordon – Klinkhammer10:25

    xG 0.61–0.22 (74%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Sullivan – Doan – Vermette8:29

    xG 0.30–0.06 (84%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Torres – Bissonnette – Chipchura5:40

    xG 0.08–0.18 (31%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Hanzal – Boedker12:23

    xG 0.16–0.33 (32%)attempts 5–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSummers – Stone9:10

    xG 0.61–0.06 (92%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Morris – Yandle17:42

    xG 0.64–0.29 (69%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  3. Klesla – Ekman-Larsson14:47

    xG 0.20–0.50 (28%)attempts 7–26goals 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.

PHX 2.0 xGLAK 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #284 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 58% 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).