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Thu, Mar 29, 2018·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Arizona Coyotes 2, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 72% of the time.

LAK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI191607222
LAK17116212435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:26ARIKevin ConnautonAssists: Max Domi · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:32LAKJeff CarterAssists: Derek Forbort, Tyler Toffoli · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:14ARIMax DomiAssists: Christian Dvorak, Trevor Murphy · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:49LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:35LAKJeff CarterGWGAssists: Tobias Rieder, Tyler Toffoli · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:58LAKAnze KopitarENAssists: Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.61 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:31LAKTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 10:28ARIAlex Goligoski: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 16:27ARIJakob Chychrun: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P3 10:35LAKNate Thompson: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 18:44ARIMax Domi: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 19:19LAKAdrian Kempe: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mitchell won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARILAK
22Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
27Hits28
12Blocked shots12
10Giveaways10
1Takeaways4

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. bestRichardson – Cousins – Martinook11:00

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Perlini – Fischer – Strome7:40

    xG 0.25–0.45 (36%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Rinaldo – Domi – Dvorak10:51

    xG 0.32–0.56 (36%)attempts 6–12goals 2–1

  4. Stepan – Panik – Keller10:53

    xG 0.21–0.79 (21%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Goligoski – Chychrun17:35

    xG 0.62–0.67 (48%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  2. Connauton – Murphy10:24

    xG 0.23–0.39 (37%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson14:58

    xG 0.46–0.81 (36%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:42

    xG 0.81–0.35 (70%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Pearson – Kempe8:34

    xG 0.26–0.11 (71%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Toffoli – Rieder9:41

    xG 0.85–0.71 (55%)attempts 11–11goals 2–2

  4. Thompson – Mitchell – Clifford8:13

    xG 0.14–0.27 (34%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort18:00

    xG 0.98–0.24 (80%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Martinez17:00

    xG 0.98–0.70 (58%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  3. Gravel – Folin8:04

    xG 0.24–0.55 (30%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

LAK 3.5 xGARI 2.3 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 49/100 · #646 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 72% 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).