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Wed, Oct 14, 2009·Madison Square Garden, New York

Los Angeles Kings 2, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK112114010236
NYR2911111421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:11NYRVinny ProspalPPAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Ales Kotalik · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:21LAKRyan SmythAssists: Davis Drewiske, Justin Williams · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:03NYRVinny ProspalPPAssists: Ryan Callahan, Ales Kotalik · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:17NYRBrian BoyleGWGAssists: Michal Rozsival, Michael Del Zotto · Snap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:18LAKMichal HandzusPPAssists: Jack Johnson, Teddy Purcell · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:22NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Vinny Prospal, Dan Girardi · Snap, 0.08 xG2–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:30LAKRaitis Ivanans: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:45NYRDan Girardi: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:25LAKPeter Harrold: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P1 12:27LAKMatt Greene: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:17LAKSean O'Donnell: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 2:17NYRAaron Voros: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 3:58NYRChris Higgins: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 5:53NYRBrian Boyle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 14:53NYRMarc Staal: Elbowing2 min
  10. P3 7:00NYRMarc Staal: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 14:07NYRDan Girardi: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 19:24NYRAles Kotalik: 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 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← LAK attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Handzus
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKNYR
36Shots on goal21
4.1Expected goals3.5
63Shot attempts37
27Faceoffs won23
7Power plays3
11Penalty minutes19
23Hits36
8Blocked shots13
1Giveaways4
5Takeaways3

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.

NYR 3.5 xGLAK 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYR is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #684 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 60% of the time.

NYR winsLAK wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
+6
+7

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