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Tue, Apr 2, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 3, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 72% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0611028324
ARI019117014150

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:06ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:59LAKKyle CliffordAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Adrian Kempe · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:29LAKTrevor LewisGWGAssists: Kyle Clifford · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:15LAKDrew DoughtyENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:53ARILawson Crouse: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:53LAKKyle Clifford: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 5:53LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 5:53LAKKyle Clifford: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 7:29LAKMatt Roy: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P1 19:57LAKDerek Forbort: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 8:52LAKAnze Kopitar: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 11:35LAKAdrian Kempe: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:03ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 19:24LAKDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 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 Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
24Shots on goal50
2.4Expected goals3.8
46Shot attempts81
25Faceoffs won31
1Power plays6
27Penalty minutes7
31Hits26
14Blocked shots14
9Giveaways17
6Takeaways11

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 – Iafallo7:39

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Lewis – Clifford6:46

    xG 0.10–0.05 (66%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Amadio – Iafallo4:04

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Wagner4:03

    xG 0.17–0.24 (41%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – LaDue11:55

    xG 0.30–0.41 (42%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort16:11

    xG 0.53–0.72 (43%)attempts 15–22goals 0–0

  3. Martinez – Roy14:36

    xG 0.32–0.69 (31%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Grabner – Hinostroza11:31

    xG 0.58–0.30 (66%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Panik – Keller10:04

    xG 0.43–0.17 (72%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  3. Cousins – Galchenyuk – Garland7:10

    xG 0.30–0.22 (57%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Archibald – Dvorak – Crouse7:11

    xG 0.29–0.31 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson17:38

    xG 0.88–0.66 (57%)attempts 23–12goals 0–1

  2. Hjalmarsson – Connauton4:18

    xG 0.19–0.03 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Oesterle4:27

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

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.

ARI 3.8 xGLAK 2.4 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 36/100 · #791 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 72% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).