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Sat, Feb 11, 2012·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Los Angeles Kings 1, New York Islanders 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK01211201100135
NYI180401211225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:52NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Mark Eaton, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:20LAKAndrei LoktionovAssists: Dustin Brown, Rob Scuderi · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:36NYIMark StreitGWGAssists: Matt Moulson, Andrew MacDonald · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 6:19NYIAndrew MacDonald: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 13:58LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 3:02LAKJordan Nolan: Interference2 min
  4. P3 7:32NYISteve Staios: Holding2 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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← LAK attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKNYI
35Shots on goal25
2.6Expected goals2.3
68Shot attempts46
37Faceoffs won20
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
41Hits48
11Blocked shots22
7Giveaways17
8Takeaways18

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. bestRichards – King – Nolan12:06

    xG 0.84–0.22 (79%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Williams – Brown – Kopitar14:33

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  3. Hunter – Fraser – Richardson6:20

    xG 0.15–0.26 (37%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Lewis – Loktionov – Clifford11:51

    xG 0.30–0.74 (29%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScuderi – Doughty17:39

    xG 1.37–0.49 (74%)attempts 26–11goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Martinez11:17

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Johnson17:04

    xG 0.27–0.91 (23%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMoulson – Okposo – Tavares14:52

    xG 0.92–0.35 (73%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Pandolfo – Wallace – Niederreiter4:59

    xG 0.01–0.09 (12%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Rolston – Bailey – Martin8:47

    xG 0.08–0.23 (26%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Nielsen – Grabner12:01

    xG 0.30–0.54 (36%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Streit14:35

    xG 1.01–0.15 (87%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Ness17:20

    xG 0.28–0.65 (30%)attempts 5–23goals 0–0

  3. Eaton – Jurcina12:37

    xG 0.21–1.13 (16%)attempts 9–18goals 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.

NYI 2.3 xGLAK 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #790 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 57% of the time.

NYI winsLAK wins

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

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