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Sat, Jan 23, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 2, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

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

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK05212011228
ARI1131615324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:43ARIShane DoanAssists: Michael Stone, Tobias Rieder · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:53LAKNicholas ShoreUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:19ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Max Domi, Mikkel Boedker · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:55LAKDustin BrownAssists: Jeff Carter, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:22ARIJordan MartinookGWGAssists: Shane Doan, Brad Richardson · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:06ARIConnor Murphy: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:29LAKChristian Ehrhoff: Holding2 min
  3. P2 7:49LAKLuke Schenn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:41LAKTrevor Lewis: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 4:09LAKJeff Carter: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:44ARIZbynek Michalek: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 6:55LAKMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:55LAKMilan Lucic: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P3 6:55ARIKevin Connauton: Slashing2 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
28Shots on goal24
2.0Expected goals2.2
62Shot attempts46
31Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
20Penalty minutes6
31Hits25
10Blocked shots25
4Giveaways5
3Takeaways3

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. bestLecavalier – Gaborik – Lewis7:40

    xG 0.26–0.03 (90%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Brown – King9:41

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Kopitar – Lucic – Toffoli9:52

    xG 0.08–0.38 (18%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Andreoff – Shore – Pearson7:13

    xG 0.05–0.45 (10%)attempts 2–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Schenn9:17

    xG 0.74–0.32 (70%)attempts 16–5goals 2–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty6:01

    xG 0.18–0.14 (55%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Schenn2:39

    xG 0.03–0.09 (25%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Boedker – Rieder8:35

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Hanzal – Tikhonov – Domi8:50

    xG 0.12–0.04 (75%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Gordon – Chipchura – Duclair5:34

    xG 0.02–0.05 (31%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  4. Gordon – Chipchura – Tikhonov2:55

    xG 0.01–0.05 (17%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Tinordi12:43

    xG 0.50–0.21 (70%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy16:48

    xG 0.39–0.12 (77%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

  3. Stone – Connauton13:00

    xG 0.22–0.79 (22%)attempts 11–20goals 0–1

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.

ARI 2.2 xGLAK 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ARI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ARI is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #473 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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.

ARI winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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