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Wed, Apr 7, 2021·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Arizona Coyotes 3, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 55% of the time.

LAK winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI2918010327
LAK11109310430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:30ARILawson CrouseAssists: Christian Fischer, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:44ARIIlya LyubushkinAssists: Lawson Crouse, Christian Fischer · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:21LAKJaret Anderson-DolanAssists: Trevor Moore, Kale Clague · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:55ARIJohan LarssonAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Phil Kessel · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:18LAKAdrian KempeAssists: Kale Clague, Sean Walker · Slap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:17LAKJeff CarterAssists: Drew Doughty, Blake Lizotte · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:55LAKCarl GrundstromGWGAssists: Trevor Moore, Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:50ARIJakob Chychrun: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:29LAKKurtis MacDermid: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 19:12LAKMikey Anderson: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Anderson-Dolan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARILAK
27Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals2.6
49Shot attempts52
20Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
27Hits25
9Blocked shots11
2Giveaways12
5Takeaways2

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. bestDvorak – Fischer – Crouse12:03

    xG 1.39–0.30 (82%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  2. Brassard – Chaput – Pederson6:28

    xG 0.03–0.18 (15%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – Larsson – Keller9:07

    xG 0.32–0.50 (39%)attempts 6–10goals 1–2

  4. Schmaltz – Bunting – Garland14:06

    xG 0.42–0.94 (31%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Oesterle13:28

    xG 0.85–0.55 (61%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun17:57

    xG 0.77–0.86 (47%)attempts 11–19goals 2–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin18:06

    xG 0.67–0.77 (46%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Kopitar – Iafallo12:37

    xG 1.02–0.36 (74%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan7:03

    xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 2–1

  3. Kempe – Lemieux – Wagner7:12

    xG 0.11–0.01 (90%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Athanasiou – Lizotte7:34

    xG 0.32–0.68 (32%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClague – Walker6:11

    xG 0.67–0.05 (93%)attempts 17–1goals 0–0

  2. Clague – Strand6:03

    xG 0.39–0.08 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 1–1

  3. Anderson – Walker2:14

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

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.

LAK 2.6 xGARI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 75/100 · #213 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 55% 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).