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Fri, Dec 23, 2022·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Los Angeles Kings 1, Arizona Coyotes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
LAK0511505020127
ARI1110405041224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:45ARINick SchmaltzPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:54LAKAlex IafalloPPAssists: Sean Durzi, Phillip Danault · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Nick Schmaltz stopped
  2. 2. LAK Gabriel Vilardi stopped
  3. 3. ARI Nick Bjugstad scored
  4. 4. LAK Trevor Moore stopped
  5. 5. ARI Clayton Keller stopped
  6. 6. LAK Adrian Kempe stopped
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 9:19ARILawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 9:19LAKBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:19LAKBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 9:37LAKTrevor Moore: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 11:45LAKAdrian Kempe: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 5:26ARINick Bjugstad: Holding2 min
  7. P2 5:26LAKSean Walker: Interference2 min
  8. P2 11:08ARINick Ritchie: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P2 12:18LAKBlake Lizotte: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 15:28ARIJoshua Brown: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 5:42LAKMikey Anderson: Tripping2 min
  12. OT 0:35LAKDrew Doughty: 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
49% to win51% to win
← LAK attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
27Shots on goal24
2.6Expected goals2.7
50Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won19
2Power plays6
16Penalty minutes8
22Hits39
18Blocked shots10
9Giveaways11
7Takeaways9

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. bestDanault – Moore – Iafallo10:56

    xG 0.24–0.18 (58%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Arvidsson – Vilardi – Lizotte10:55

    xG 0.36–0.43 (45%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Lemieux – Anderson-Dolan – Kupari5:18

    xG 0.01–0.15 (8%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe11:08

    xG 0.20–0.44 (31%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalker – Spence12:12

    xG 0.48–0.18 (73%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson18:22

    xG 0.55–0.28 (66%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Roy – Durzi13:26

    xG 0.34–0.97 (26%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRitchie – Fischer – Hayton9:43

    xG 0.74–0.08 (90%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli2:38

    xG 0.08–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bjugstad – Crouse – McBain6:03

    xG 0.13–0.06 (67%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller13:02

    xG 0.38–0.51 (43%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVälimäki – Moser9:12

    xG 0.43–0.06 (87%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Välimäki2:05

    xG 0.08–0.01 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Stecher4:39

    xG 0.41–0.38 (52%)attempts 7–5goals 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.

ARI 2.7 xGLAK 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 38/100 · #893 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 52% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).