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Tue, Jan 31, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 3, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 65% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK111115113339
ARI11311009232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:48ARIJordan MartinookAssists: Connor Murphy, Lawson Crouse · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:51LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Marian Gaborik, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:30ARIRyan WhiteAssists: Lawson Crouse · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:55LAKJordan NolanAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dwight King · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:11LAKJake MuzzinPPGWGAssists: Jeff Carter, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:37LAKAndy Andreoff: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:24ARIJordan Martinook: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 11:55ARIJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 16:21ARIMartin Hanzal: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
39Shots on goal32
3.4Expected goals2.5
72Shot attempts61
32Faceoffs won32
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
32Hits32
19Blocked shots11
6Giveaways3
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.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Brown – Kopitar7:11

    xG 1.06–0.46 (70%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. King – Nolan – Shore4:43

    xG 0.18–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Brown – Shore4:26

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – King – Nolan5:40

    xG 0.27–0.30 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty20:02

    xG 1.40–0.66 (68%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

  2. Martinez – Forbort14:21

    xG 0.68–0.48 (58%)attempts 22–18goals 1–1

  3. McNabb – Gravel11:14

    xG 0.31–0.59 (35%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhite – Martinook – Crouse9:44

    xG 0.71–0.36 (66%)attempts 15–14goals 2–1

  2. Doan – Perlini – Dvorak12:03

    xG 0.23–0.36 (39%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Burmistrov – Jooris8:44

    xG 0.12–0.34 (27%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Hanzal – Rieder11:33

    xG 0.46–0.87 (35%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Chychrun14:21

    xG 0.83–0.77 (52%)attempts 16–17goals 2–1

  2. Goligoski – Stone16:31

    xG 0.18–0.52 (25%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson15:10

    xG 0.67–1.12 (37%)attempts 13–22goals 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 2.5 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 71/100 · #320 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 65% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

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

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

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