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Wed, Feb 23, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Los Angeles Kings 3, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 88% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK01421318335
ARI0421005219

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:25ARIClayton KellerAssists: Nick Schmaltz, J.J. Moser · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:43LAKBlake LizotteAssists: Mikey Anderson, Brendan Lemieux · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:35LAKViktor ArvidssonAssists: Trevor Moore, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:03ARIBarrett HaytonAssists: Vladislav Kolyachonok · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:21LAKViktor ArvidssonGWGAssists: Matt Roy, Trevor Moore · Snap, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:02LAKBrendan Lemieux: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:50ARILiam O'Brien: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 1:30ARITravis Boyd: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 6:53ARILiam O'Brien: Misconduct10 min
  5. P3 17:03LAKAdrian Kempe: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Galchenyuk won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
35Shots on goal19
3.7Expected goals1.4
67Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes14
26Hits20
13Blocked shots18
13Giveaways16
14Takeaways7

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. bestKopitar – Kempe – Iafallo13:35

    xG 0.96–0.21 (82%)attempts 22–12goals 0–0

  2. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev9:10

    xG 0.45–0.05 (89%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore12:24

    xG 0.54–0.26 (67%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  4. Brown – Athanasiou – Byfield8:02

    xG 0.07–0.41 (15%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Roy13:40

    xG 1.14–0.35 (76%)attempts 24–12goals 2–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson19:41

    xG 0.70–0.39 (64%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  3. Durzi – Bjornfot11:47

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyd – Schmaltz – Keller13:14

    xG 0.52–0.40 (57%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Nash – O'Brien – Fischer7:49

    xG 0.08–0.13 (40%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Eriksson – Roussel – Hayton7:50

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Kessel – Galchenyuk – Crouse11:33

    xG 0.17–1.04 (14%)attempts 8–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Chychrun2:27

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Chychrun – Kolyachonok9:54

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 1–1

  3. Stralman – Moser14:41

    xG 0.21–0.68 (23%)attempts 5–16goals 1–1

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 1.4 xGLAK 3.7 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 56/100 · #654 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 88% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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