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Tue, Mar 19, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Phoenix Coyotes 2, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 68% of the time.

LAK winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX015010217242
LAK11011019329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:38LAKDustin PennerAssists: Justin Williams, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:28LAKDrew DoughtyAssists: Jake Muzzin, Mike Richards · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:28PHXShane DoanAssists: Keith Yandle, Derek Morris · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:46LAKJarret StollPPGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Alec Martinez · Snap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:19PHXShane DoanAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Raffi Torres · Slap, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 17:45LAKColin Fraser: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:41PHXMatthew Lombardi: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:18PHXDerek Morris: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:59LAKJarret Stoll: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 5:35LAKTyler Toffoli: Holding2 min
  6. P3 10:36PHXAntoine Vermette: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 11:18LAKMike Richards: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 12:04PHXDerek Morris: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 15:07PHXSteve Sullivan: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 0:00PHXRaffi Torres: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 0:00LAKDrew Doughty: 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
43% to win57% to win
← PHX attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXLAK
42Shots on goal29
3.8Expected goals2.7
70Shot attempts52
24Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
39Hits46
10Blocked shots15
6Giveaways16
6Takeaways7

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. bestDoan – Vermette – Boedker11:39

    xG 1.07–0.40 (73%)attempts 18–9goals 0–1

  2. Vrbata – Korpikoski – Hanzal6:04

    xG 0.55–0.08 (88%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Gordon – Chipchura – Klinkhammer5:39

    xG 0.33–0.12 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Torres – Lombardi – Korpikoski2:12

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Ekman-Larsson14:57

    xG 1.35–0.24 (85%)attempts 23–5goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle16:13

    xG 1.28–0.80 (62%)attempts 21–14goals 0–1

  3. Klesla – Stone8:49

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. Fraser – Penner – Clifford3:09

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Lewis – King7:29

    xG 0.05–0.48 (10%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Richards – Toffoli7:55

    xG 0.28–0.85 (25%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  4. Williams – Brown – Kopitar10:05

    xG 0.32–0.97 (25%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Martinez – Ellerby11:07

    xG 0.61–0.70 (46%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Scuderi – Doughty2:04

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Doughty14:50

    xG 0.96–1.18 (45%)attempts 16–16goals 2–0

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 2.7 xGPHX 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #544 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50LAK 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, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 68% 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).