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Tue, Feb 2, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 6, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

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

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK010414211635
ARI1711009226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:13ARIJordan MartinookUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:40LAKJake MuzzinPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:40ARIAnthony DuclairAssists: Max Domi · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:57LAKAlec MartinezPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:47LAKMarian GaborikGWGAssists: Dwight King · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:59LAKDustin BrownAssists: Milan Lucic, Luke Schenn · Slap, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 3:08LAKDustin BrownAssists: Jake Muzzin, Nicholas Shore · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–2
  8. P3 7:30LAKVincent LecavalierPPAssists: Alec Martinez, Jamie McBain · Tip-in, 0.21 xG6–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 8:55LAKJamie McBain: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:15ARIMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 18:15LAKLuke Schenn: Charging2 min
  4. P1 18:15LAKLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 19:25ARIShane Doan: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 2:48ARIConnor Murphy: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 9:08ARITobias Rieder: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 10:44ARIMax Domi: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 13:30LAKLuke Schenn: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 4:11ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 6:43ARIMichael Stone: Holding2 min · PPG
  12. P3 10:16LAKMilan Lucic: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 11:20ARIAnthony Duclair: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 12:56LAKJake Muzzin: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackARI 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.

LAKARI
35Shots on goal26
3.4Expected goals2.4
69Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won39
7Power plays5
12Penalty minutes16
27Hits31
19Blocked shots16
5Giveaways3
0Takeaways10

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. bestBrown – Kopitar – Lucic7:56

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  2. Gaborik – Kopitar – Lucic3:00

    xG 0.29–0.05 (86%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson4:13

    xG 0.20–0.03 (89%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  4. King – Nolan – Shore4:12

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – McNabb12:22

    xG 0.75–0.18 (81%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. McBain – Muzzin9:46

    xG 0.54–0.09 (85%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Muzzin – Doughty3:43

    xG 0.29–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Doan – Richardson – Martinook7:43

    xG 0.30–0.46 (39%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Hanzal – Duclair – Domi11:08

    xG 0.25–0.51 (32%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Gordon – Chipchura – Tikhonov6:52

    xG 0.12–0.41 (22%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Vermette – Boedker – Rieder9:32

    xG 0.17–0.54 (24%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Grossmann – Stone10:19

    xG 0.07–0.40 (14%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy16:12

    xG 0.36–0.81 (31%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Connauton10:10

    xG 0.23–0.77 (23%)attempts 7–15goals 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.

ARI 2.4 xGLAK 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 59/100 · #476 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 25% (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, Los Angeles Kings win this game 67% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

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

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

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