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Thu, Nov 14, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Los Angeles Kings 3, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 61% of the time.

NYI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK0100539324
NYI0721503225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:44NYICasey CizikasAssists: Matt Martin, Cal Clutterbuck · Backhand, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:58NYIAaron NessAssists: John Tavares · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:34LAKSlava VoynovAssists: Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:15LAKTanner PearsonPPAssists: Slava Voynov, Linden Vey · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:33LAKTyler ToffoliGWGAssists: Jake Muzzin, Linden Vey · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:47NYIMatt Carkner: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:47LAKJordan Nolan: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:05NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 10:33LAKDustin Brown: Interference2 min
  5. P1 19:05LAKWillie Mitchell: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 12:33LAKDwight King: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 14:53NYICal Clutterbuck: Charging2 min
  8. P2 18:49LAKAnze Kopitar: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 10:50NYIColin McDonald: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% 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
24Shots on goal25
1.9Expected goals2.5
48Shot attempts47
31Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
23Hits24
11Blocked shots15
23Giveaways14
9Takeaways16

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. bestWilliams – Brown – Kopitar12:29

    xG 0.42–0.22 (65%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Fraser – Lewis – Nolan3:16

    xG 0.20–0.13 (61%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Richards – King – Toffoli6:10

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Vey – Toffoli – Pearson3:18

    xG 0.03–0.02 (61%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Martinez11:09

    xG 0.28–0.15 (66%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Doughty16:38

    xG 0.41–0.38 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Regehr – Voynov12:38

    xG 0.16–0.35 (31%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Bouchard – Bailey9:04

    xG 0.17–0.05 (79%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Regin – Grabner5:17

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. Okposo – Tavares – Nelson12:13

    xG 0.25–0.30 (45%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:32

    xG 0.23–0.34 (41%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Donovan9:15

    xG 0.54–0.16 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  2. Carkner – Ness9:34

    xG 0.19–0.19 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic16:41

    xG 0.52–0.57 (48%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

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 2.5 xGLAK 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #350 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 61% of the time.

NYI winsLAK wins

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

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