Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Mar 9, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 2, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK1909118236
ARI21001428432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:23ARIChristian DvorakPPAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Clayton Keller · Tip-in, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:30ARIMichael GrabnerSHAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:49LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:44LAKCarl GrundstromAssists: Derek Forbort, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:28ARIChristian DvorakGWGAssists: Alex Goligoski, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:34ARIMichael GrabnerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:08LAKJonny Brodzinski: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:24ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:53LAKKyle Clifford: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 13:53ARINick Cousins: Illegal check to head2 min
  5. P2 11:04LAKAlex Iafallo: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 16:14LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 16:14LAKDrew Doughty: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 20:00Kempe won the faceoff against Kempe
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
36Shots on goal32
3.6Expected goals2.9
74Shot attempts63
33Faceoffs won30
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
34Hits30
15Blocked shots19
12Giveaways7
5Takeaways7

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. bestToffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom11:18

    xG 0.69–0.24 (75%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Lewis – Clifford3:32

    xG 0.19–0.06 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Clifford – Brodzinski6:41

    xG 0.43–0.33 (57%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo10:10

    xG 0.63–0.55 (54%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort15:34

    xG 1.50–0.14 (91%)attempts 21–6goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – LaDue11:05

    xG 0.24–0.34 (42%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Roy15:40

    xG 0.46–0.89 (34%)attempts 20–21goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestPanik – Dvorak – Keller11:19

    xG 0.79–0.17 (82%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Kempe – Archibald – Crouse9:28

    xG 0.33–0.58 (37%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Grabner – Hinostroza9:01

    xG 0.38–0.69 (35%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  4. Cousins – Galchenyuk – Fischer9:18

    xG 0.14–0.52 (21%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Oesterle11:51

    xG 0.53–0.35 (60%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson16:04

    xG 0.64–0.96 (40%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Chychrun14:03

    xG 0.46–1.06 (30%)attempts 13–19goals 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 2.9 xGLAK 3.6 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 64/100 · #448 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 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 61% 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
+4
+5
+6
+7

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