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Thu, Dec 1, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 4, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 64% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11411029433
ARI26014112332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:15ARIMartin HanzalPPAssists: Radim Vrbata, Michael Stone · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:25LAKDwight KingAssists: Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:32ARIMartin HanzalPPAssists: Michael Stone, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:14LAKJordan NolanAssists: Kyle Clifford, Nicholas Shore · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:41LAKJordan NolanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:50ARITobias RiederAssists: Alex Goligoski, Jordan Martinook · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:55LAKTrevor LewisGWGAssists: Marian Gaborik, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–3
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 0:09LAKTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 0:39LAKTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 6:12ARIShane Doan: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:15ARIRadim Vrbata: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 14:22ARILaurent Dauphin: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 18:08LAKNicholas Shore: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 2:50ARIMartin Hanzal: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 4:00LAKDrew Doughty: Holding2 min
  9. P2 6:51LAKKyle Clifford: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 6:51ARILuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 19:31ARIRyan White: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 1:00LAKMarian Gaborik: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 16:08LAKJeff Carter: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 19:45ARIMartin Hanzal: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 19:45ARIShane Doan: Misconduct10 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
44% to win56% to win
← LAK attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
33Shots on goal32
3.3Expected goals2.4
65Shot attempts53
35Faceoffs won32
6Power plays6
14Penalty minutes24
24Hits29
9Blocked shots18
2Giveaways5
2Takeaways2

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. bestGaborik – Kopitar – Lewis8:56

    xG 0.89–0.20 (82%)attempts 18–4goals 1–1

  2. Clifford – Nolan – Shore5:43

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  3. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson7:57

    xG 0.17–0.06 (74%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Brown – King – Dowd9:36

    xG 0.20–0.50 (29%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Gravel7:28

    xG 0.57–0.05 (92%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort15:44

    xG 0.58–0.45 (56%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  3. Muzzin – Martinez14:38

    xG 0.70–0.64 (52%)attempts 19–17goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Rieder – Martinook7:51

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. McGinn – Duclair – Dvorak6:44

    xG 0.46–0.39 (54%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

  3. White – Dauphin – Crouse7:11

    xG 0.06–0.11 (34%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Hanzal – Domi10:05

    xG 0.20–0.73 (21%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy14:38

    xG 0.45–0.26 (63%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Chychrun9:01

    xG 0.21–0.33 (39%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Stone12:29

    xG 0.34–1.23 (22%)attempts 12–18goals 1–2

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 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 90/100 · #108 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.42 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 64% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

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

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

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