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Fri, Oct 9, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Arizona Coyotes 4, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 79% of the time.

LAK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI282608422
LAK013114014141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:00ARIZbynek MichalekAssists: Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:12ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonGWGAssists: Max Domi, Martin Hanzal · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:43ARIMax DomiAssists: Connor Murphy · Snap, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P2 6:35ARITobias RiederAssists: Anthony Duclair, Martin Hanzal · Snap, 0.04 xG4–0
  5. P2 19:03LAKTyler ToffoliSHAssists: Jeff Carter · Wrist, 0.33 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:24ARIShane Doan: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:12LAKJake Muzzin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:46ARIMax Domi: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:11ARIMichael Stone: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 12:17LAKJordan Nolan: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 12:17ARIBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:17LAKJordan Nolan: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 17:52LAKTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 0:45ARIAnthony Duclair: Holding2 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
47% to win54% to win
← ARI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARILAK
22Shots on goal41
1.7Expected goals3.5
36Shot attempts73
23Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
29Hits25
10Blocked shots7
4Giveaways7
1Takeaways3

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. Vermette – Boedker – Domi8:30

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Hanzal – Downie – Rieder2:48

    xG 0.01–0.11 (9%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Hanzal – Rieder – Duclair5:07

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 3–4goals 2–0

  4. Gordon – Downie – Martinook10:03

    xG 0.33–0.61 (35%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Michalek – Dahlbeck13:15

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 9–14goals 2–0

  2. Grossmann – Murphy11:43

    xG 0.18–0.31 (37%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson2:29

    xG 0.03–0.36 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Kopitar – Lucic12:06

    xG 0.63–0.32 (66%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Brown – Toffoli3:15

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson2:10

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Shore – Pearson2:33

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Muzzin14:04

    xG 1.11–0.08 (93%)attempts 26–5goals 0–1

  2. Doughty – McNabb14:40

    xG 0.75–0.40 (65%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Martinez7:17

    xG 0.19–0.25 (42%)attempts 6–6goals 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 3.5 xGARI 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1043 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 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, Los Angeles Kings win this game 79% 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).