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Mon, Mar 16, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Arizona Coyotes 0, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 67% of the time.

LAK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0601009025
LAK010114011135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:55LAKAndy AndreoffGWGAssists: Jordan Nolan, Brayden McNabb · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:04ARICraig Cunningham: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:25ARIMichael Stone: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 13:18LAKNicholas Shore: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:53ARIMartin Erat: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 6:37LAKJordan Nolan: Hooking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Chipchura
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARILAK
25Shots on goal35
1.4Expected goals2.2
42Shot attempts65
20Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
34Hits45
18Blocked shots11
10Giveaways10
1Takeaways2

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Arcobello – Rieder12:05

    xG 0.28–0.21 (58%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Chipchura – Korpikoski – Cunningham7:52

    xG 0.07–0.09 (42%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – Vitale – McGinn6:13

    xG 0.05–0.21 (21%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Moss – Gagner9:56

    xG 0.10–0.74 (12%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson18:00

    xG 0.57–0.45 (55%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Moore2:12

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Dahlbeck16:48

    xG 0.17–0.37 (32%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestClifford – Nolan – Andreoff9:35

    xG 0.48–0.21 (70%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Carter – King – Toffoli5:45

    xG 0.26–0.08 (76%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Brown – Shore6:21

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Lewis – Toffoli4:04

    xG 0.07–0.02 (73%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – McNabb14:06

    xG 0.80–0.18 (81%)attempts 21–5goals 1–0

  2. Regehr – Doughty15:51

    xG 0.58–0.20 (75%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Muzzin13:39

    xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 13–11goals 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 2.2 xGARI 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1109 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 67% of the time.

LAK winsARI wins

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

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