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Tue, Nov 10, 2015·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Arizona Coyotes 3, Los Angeles Kings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

LAK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1411516325
LAK110111014235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:54LAKDustin BrownAssists: Drew Doughty, Tanner Pearson · Backhand, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:37ARIMartin HanzalUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:00LAKTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Jamie McBain, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:59ARIMartin HanzalAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Tobias Rieder · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:47ARIBrad RichardsonGWGAssists: Jordan Martinook, Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:15LAKDrew Doughty: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 3:43ARIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:27ARIAnthony Duclair: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:38LAKKyle Clifford: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 18:38LAKAlec Martinez: Closing hand on puck2 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 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARILAK
25Shots on goal35
2.2Expected goals2.0
48Shot attempts68
29Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
20Hits25
17Blocked shots13
7Giveaways14
6Takeaways3

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 – Richardson – Martinook8:47

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  2. Gordon – Chipchura – Scott4:20

    xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Boedker – Domi11:43

    xG 0.21–0.44 (32%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  4. Hanzal – Rieder – Duclair9:50

    xG 0.23–0.70 (25%)attempts 8–18goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. Stone – Dahlbeck2:31

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Dahlbeck16:54

    xG 0.38–0.50 (43%)attempts 11–17goals 2–1

  3. Stone – Ekman-Larsson17:04

    xG 0.46–0.71 (39%)attempts 12–20goals 1–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Pearson11:41

    xG 1.07–0.43 (71%)attempts 23–7goals 1–1

  2. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff5:05

    xG 0.16–0.09 (65%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Lewis – Shore10:20

    xG 0.20–0.15 (56%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Lucic – Toffoli11:48

    xG 0.28–0.24 (54%)attempts 11–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb4:48

    xG 0.63–0.14 (81%)attempts 9–3goals 1–1

  2. Doughty – Forbort14:02

    xG 0.42–0.30 (59%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  3. McBain – Forbort4:03

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 6–2goals 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 2.0 xGARI 2.2 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 54/100 · #545 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 54% 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).