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Thu, Feb 16, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Arizona Coyotes 5, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 77% of the time.

LAK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI290538522
LAK011012321344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:51ARIBrendan PerliniPPAssists: Radim Vrbata, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:07ARITobias RiederAssists: Jordan Martinook, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:38LAKTanner PearsonAssists: Jeff Carter, Dustin Brown · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:55ARIBrendan PerliniAssists: Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:07LAKDustin BrownAssists: Tanner Pearson · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:08ARIJordan MartinookSHGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:35ARIJordan MartinookENAssists: Christian Dvorak, Josh Jooris · Wrist, 0.64 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:37LAKTanner PearsonPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:33LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:35LAKBrayden McNabb: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 12:11LAKTanner Pearson: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:11ARIMichael Stone: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:33LAKAlec Martinez: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 13:26ARIMike Smith: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 16:03ARIChristian Dvorak: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 19:20ARIShane Doan: High sticking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
44% to win56% to win
← ARI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARILAK
22Shots on goal44
2.4Expected goals4.1
40Shot attempts83
32Faceoffs won39
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
21Hits28
19Blocked shots7
5Giveaways12
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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Doan – Perlini – Dvorak9:54

    xG 0.45–0.40 (53%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  2. Vrbata – Hanzal – Domi9:58

    xG 0.34–0.57 (38%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Burmistrov – Rieder – Jooris10:16

    xG 0.03–0.45 (7%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

  4. White – Holland – Martinook8:33

    xG 0.33–1.02 (25%)attempts 5–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Connauton – Murphy12:27

    xG 0.31–0.53 (37%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Stone19:35

    xG 0.47–1.05 (31%)attempts 16–25goals 2–1

  3. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson15:53

    xG 0.53–1.16 (31%)attempts 8–24goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Brown – Pearson10:03

    xG 1.67–0.08 (95%)attempts 25–6goals 2–1

  2. Kopitar – Toffoli – Kempe13:38

    xG 0.70–0.48 (59%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – King – Shore7:14

    xG 0.41–0.21 (66%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Clifford – Dowd8:45

    xG 0.13–0.45 (23%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort16:14

    xG 1.41–0.51 (74%)attempts 26–10goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Martinez16:15

    xG 0.78–0.30 (72%)attempts 23–11goals 0–1

  3. McNabb – LaDue8:48

    xG 0.80–0.43 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 2–1

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.

LAK 4.1 xGARI 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 67/100 · #361 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 77% 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).