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Tue, Mar 13, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 3, Arizona Coyotes 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK0917213081337
ARI2911205032429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:08ARIClayton KellerAssists: Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:43ARINick CousinsAssists: Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:13ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Max Domi, Nick Cousins · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:40LAKTanner PearsonAssists: Adrian Kempe, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:03LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Drew Doughty, Jake Muzzin · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:42LAKJeff CarterAssists: Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar · Tip-in, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Nick Cousins stopped
  2. 2. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  3. 3. ARI Clayton Keller scored
  4. 4. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  5. 5. ARI Richard Panik stopped
  6. 6. LAK Adrian Kempe scored
  7. 7. ARI Christian Dvorak stopped
  8. 8. LAK Trevor Lewis stopped
  9. 9. ARI Alex Goligoski scored
  10. 10. LAK Tyler Toffoli stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:47ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Closing hand on puck2 min
  2. P3 5:57ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P3 9:25LAKNate Thompson: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 10:25ARIBrendan Perlini: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. OT 0:23ARIRichard Panik: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
37Shots on goal29
2.5Expected goals2.1
66Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won39
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
30Hits27
23Blocked shots17
6Giveaways7
3Takeaways10

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 – Iafallo6:43

    xG 0.29–0.06 (84%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Rieder2:05

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Brown – Kopitar2:32

    xG 0.07–0.05 (59%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Thompson – Mitchell – Clifford8:07

    xG 0.08–0.27 (22%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty6:30

    xG 0.23–0.07 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort14:07

    xG 0.25–0.19 (58%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  3. Phaneuf – Martinez16:52

    xG 0.37–0.43 (46%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Panik – Keller12:50

    xG 1.02–0.11 (90%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Archibald – Fischer9:28

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Domi – Perlini – Dvorak11:42

    xG 0.08–0.22 (26%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  4. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook12:17

    xG 0.08–0.36 (18%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson15:53

    xG 0.96–0.34 (74%)attempts 23–12goals 1–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Connauton11:51

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson3:13

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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 2.1 xGLAK 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #222 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 57% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).