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Fri, Oct 27, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Los Angeles Kings 5, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 62% of the time.

ARI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK11311939541
ARI4701007424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:37ARIMatias MaccelliAssists: Nick Bjugstad, J.J. Moser · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:56LAKMikey AndersonAssists: Quinton Byfield, Adrian Kempe · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:46ARIJ.J. MoserAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P1 8:21ARIJack McBainAssists: Liam O'Brien, Troy Stecher · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P1 8:55ARISean DurziAssists: Zachary Sanford, Karel Vejmelka · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P2 16:11LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala · Slap, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 1:50LAKQuinton ByfieldAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Jordan Spence · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 6:54LAKAnze KopitarUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG4–4
  9. P3 18:01LAKDrew DoughtyGWGAssists: Trevor Moore, Mikey Anderson · Slap, 0.02 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:10ARILiam O'Brien: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:36ARINick Schmaltz: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:52LAKPhillip Danault: Holding2 min
  4. P2 12:50LAKPierre-Luc Dubois: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:34ARIJack McBain: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:47ARIZachary Sanford: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:12ARIClayton Keller: High sticking2 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 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKARI
41Shots on goal24
3.5Expected goals2.7
77Shot attempts39
36Faceoffs won33
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
25Hits30
9Blocked shots20
8Giveaways7
4Takeaways4

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 – Byfield9:09

    xG 1.08–0.46 (70%)attempts 15–6goals 2–1

  2. Fiala – Dubois – Laferriere9:14

    xG 0.27–0.25 (51%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Lewis – Grundstrom – Lizotte8:55

    xG 0.10–0.49 (17%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  4. Danault – Moore – Kaliyev13:21

    xG 0.45–0.88 (34%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnglund – Spence8:33

    xG 0.63–0.12 (83%)attempts 10–2goals 1–1

  2. Doughty – Anderson16:24

    xG 0.84–1.18 (41%)attempts 27–14goals 2–1

  3. Gavrikov – Roy14:41

    xG 0.18–0.82 (18%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Kerfoot – Maccelli11:00

    xG 0.72–0.43 (63%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  2. Sanford – Carcone – Cooley6:11

    xG 0.42–0.16 (72%)attempts 5–16goals 1–0

  3. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton12:37

    xG 0.51–0.36 (59%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  4. Boyd – O'Brien – McBain7:49

    xG 0.44–0.61 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDurzi – Moser14:50

    xG 1.04–0.30 (78%)attempts 10–13goals 2–0

  2. Brown – Välimäki8:37

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. Välimäki – Durzi2:47

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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.

ARI 2.7 xGLAK 3.5 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 94/100 · #110 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 62% 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).