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Fri, Oct 7, 2011·Ericsson Globe, StockholmNeutral site

New York Rangers 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 56% of the time.

LAK winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR140811301226
LAK113061813330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:51LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Justin Williams · Slap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:22NYRRyan CallahanAssists: Artem Anisimov, Ruslan Fedotenko · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:28NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Brad Richards · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:01LAKMike RichardsAssists: Brad Richardson, Dustin Brown · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:08LAKJack JohnsonPPGWGAssists: Mike Richards, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:05NYRMats Zuccarello: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 5:04NYRSteve Eminger: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 2:24LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 2:24NYRBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 2:44NYRTim Erixon: Delaying game2 min
  6. P2 11:14LAKSimon Gagne: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 17:57NYRBrian Boyle: Interference2 min
  8. OT 2:51NYRRyan McDonagh: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. OT 4:08NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Misconduct10 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRLAK
26Shots on goal30
2.2Expected goals2.5
48Shot attempts50
34Faceoffs won26
1Power plays5
25Penalty minutes7
23Hits26
7Blocked shots16
5Giveaways10
9Takeaways5

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Gaborik – Dubinsky11:24

    xG 0.67–0.31 (68%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  2. Fedotenko – Callahan – Anisimov11:40

    xG 0.76–0.60 (56%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

  3. Wolski – Stepan – Zuccarello8:48

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Rupp – Boyle – Prust8:09

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSauer – Del Zotto14:14

    xG 0.87–0.43 (67%)attempts 14–6goals 2–1

  2. Eminger – Erixon10:57

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – McDonagh20:46

    xG 0.61–0.85 (42%)attempts 20–20goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestGagne – Williams – Kopitar14:50

    xG 0.87–0.55 (61%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  2. Hunter – Stoll – Parse10:01

    xG 0.24–0.09 (72%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Moreau – Lewis – Clifford7:58

    xG 0.15–0.10 (59%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Richards – Richardson12:25

    xG 0.39–0.88 (31%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Martinez16:01

    xG 0.72–0.56 (56%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  2. Mitchell – Doughty17:24

    xG 0.24–0.21 (53%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Johnson14:20

    xG 0.69–0.93 (43%)attempts 9–13goals 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.

LAK 2.5 xGNYR 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #238 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 56% of the time.

LAK winsNYR wins

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

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