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Tue, Mar 14, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Arizona Coyotes 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 85% of the time.

LAK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI01101028032332
LAK011116115041246

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:03LAKTyler ToffoliAssists: Jake Muzzin, Anze Kopitar · Slap, 0.38 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:49ARIMax DomiAssists: Christian Dvorak, Jakob Chychrun · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:24LAKTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Jeff Carter, Anze Kopitar · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:15ARIMax DomiAssists: Shane Doan, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Jeff Carter scored
  2. 2. ARI Brendan Perlini scored
  3. 3. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  4. 4. ARI Radim Vrbata stopped
  5. 5. LAK Tyler Toffoli stopped
  6. 6. ARI Max Domi stopped
  7. 7. LAK Jarome Iginla stopped
  8. 8. ARI Anthony Duclair stopped
  9. 9. LAK Marian Gaborik stopped
  10. 10. ARI Oliver Ekman-Larsson stopped
  11. 11. LAK Tanner Pearson stopped
  12. 12. ARI Christian Dvorak stopped
  13. 13. LAK Nic Dowd stopped
  14. 14. ARI Jakob Chychrun stopped
  15. 15. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
  16. 16. ARI Peter Holland stopped
  17. 17. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
  18. 18. ARI Tobias Rieder stopped
  19. 19. LAK Drew Doughty stopped
  20. 20. ARI Shane Doan stopped
  21. 21. LAK Trevor Lewis stopped
  22. 22. ARI Tony DeAngelo scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:44LAKDustin Brown: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:46LAKAnze Kopitar: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:44ARIBrendan Perlini: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P3 9:34ARIJordan Martinook: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 17:26ARIConnor Murphy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. OT 4:17LAKJeff Carter: 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.

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 Martinook
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARILAK
32Shots on goal46
2.7Expected goals5.4
57Shot attempts74
29Faceoffs won49
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
27Hits30
15Blocked shots10
6Giveaways7
3Takeaways2

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. McGinn – Holland – Duclair8:30

    xG 0.09–0.21 (30%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Domi – Dvorak12:23

    xG 0.21–0.39 (35%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Doan – Jooris – Crouse9:59

    xG 0.37–0.74 (33%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  4. Rieder – Martinook – Perlini13:50

    xG 0.22–1.50 (13%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Chychrun10:05

    xG 0.66–0.29 (69%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun4:18

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Murphy14:11

    xG 0.20–0.69 (23%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Toffoli – Pearson11:21

    xG 1.57–0.16 (91%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Lewis – Kempe11:08

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Clifford – Dowd – Andreoff7:15

    xG 0.21–0.21 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Brown – Kopitar14:26

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort18:06

    xG 1.51–0.50 (75%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – LaDue11:34

    xG 0.88–0.44 (67%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Martinez – Gravel13:03

    xG 0.69–0.28 (71%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

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 5.4 xGARI 2.7 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #118 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.44 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 85% of the time.

LAK winsARI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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