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Tue, Apr 2, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 1, Phoenix Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 62% of the time.

PHX winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11501609140
PHX11318110331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:02PHXKeith YandleAssists: Kyle Chipchura, Raffi Torres · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:12LAKJustin WilliamsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:05PHXMatthew LombardiGWGAssists: Rob Klinkhammer, Mikkel Boedker · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:07PHXKeith YandleAssists: Kyle Chipchura, Raffi Torres · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:04PHXMichael Stone: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:06LAKAnze Kopitar: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 1:39PHXRadim Vrbata: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 3:28LAKBrad Richardson: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 9:35PHXOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 19:01LAKJustin Williams: 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
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
40Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals2.0
65Shot attempts54
24Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
33Hits49
9Blocked shots13
3Giveaways7
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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar15:39

    xG 1.14–0.57 (67%)attempts 19–18goals 1–0

  2. Stoll – Lewis – King9:13

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Clifford – Nolan3:44

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Carter – Richards – Toffoli2:50

    xG 0.09–0.15 (39%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Voynov3:47

    xG 0.47–0.05 (90%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty15:59

    xG 0.63–0.32 (67%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  3. Scuderi – Voynov15:16

    xG 0.63–0.60 (51%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestSullivan – Lombardi – Boedker6:58

    xG 0.16–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Torres – Vermette – Chipchura10:14

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  3. Moss – Gordon – Klinkhammer9:34

    xG 0.10–0.28 (25%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Vrbata – Hanzal16:20

    xG 0.82–1.12 (42%)attempts 21–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Schlemko14:52

    xG 0.61–0.13 (82%)attempts 13–8goals 2–0

  2. Morris – Klesla12:55

    xG 0.33–0.57 (37%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Ekman-Larsson17:38

    xG 0.64–1.15 (36%)attempts 16–21goals 1–1

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 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 36/100 · #490 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 62% 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).