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Thu, Feb 18, 2021·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 3, Arizona Coyotes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 65% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK2140905013329
ARI062606042222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:21LAKDustin BrownAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:50LAKJeff CarterAssists: Drew Doughty, Gabriel Vilardi · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:00ARIConor GarlandAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Deflected, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:51ARIPhil KesselAssists: Tyler Pitlick, Dryden Hunt · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Nick Schmaltz scored
  2. 2. LAK Carl Grundstrom stopped
  3. 3. ARI Conor Garland stopped
  4. 4. LAK Anze Kopitar scored
  5. 5. ARI Christian Dvorak scored
  6. 6. LAK Adrian Kempe scored
  7. 7. ARI Clayton Keller stopped
  8. 8. LAK Gabriel Vilardi scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:36LAKMatt Roy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 12:43ARIJakob Chychrun: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 18:16ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:44LAKJeff Carter: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:55LAKAnze Kopitar: Holding2 min
  6. P3 13:52ARIChristian Dvorak: 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.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
29Shots on goal22
2.6Expected goals1.8
44Shot attempts37
23Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits31
10Blocked shots4
5Giveaways3
0Takeaways7

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. bestWagner – Luff – Lizotte8:00

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo12:15

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Carter – Kempe – Vilardi10:34

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  4. Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan8:28

    xG 0.10–0.20 (34%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson15:45

    xG 0.91–0.44 (67%)attempts 15–8goals 2–2

  2. Roy – Bjornfot15:31

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Strand11:11

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Schmaltz – Garland – Keller11:39

    xG 0.23–0.21 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Pitlick – Dvorak – Crouse10:04

    xG 0.20–0.23 (47%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Hayden – Fischer8:53

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Kessel – Hunt9:29

    xG 0.12–0.54 (18%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hjalmarsson – Oesterle10:12

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun18:40

    xG 0.20–0.47 (30%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson14:58

    xG 0.40–1.01 (28%)attempts 9–15goals 2–2

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 1.8 xGLAK 2.6 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 67/100 · #277 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 65% 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).