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Sat, Dec 7, 2013·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

New York Islanders 0, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 67% of the time.

LAK winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI070405016
LAK0611028324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:08LAKAnze KopitarGWGAssists: Alec Martinez · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:37LAKDustin BrownAssists: Jarret Stoll, Justin Williams · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:56LAKTyler ToffoliENAssists: Mike Richards, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.64 xG0–3
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 6:11NYICal Clutterbuck: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:18LAKJustin Williams: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:48NYIAndrew MacDonald: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:29LAKColin Fraser: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 4:29NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:22LAKJarret Stoll: Holding2 min
  7. P2 14:10NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 15:12LAKJake Muzzin: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 0:25LAKDustin Brown: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 0:25NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 11:28NYIThomas Vanek: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 12:42LAKJarret Stoll: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 19:58NYIMatt Carkner: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 19:58NYIMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 19:58LAKColin Fraser: Roughing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stoll won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYILAK
16Shots on goal24
1.6Expected goals2.4
34Shot attempts51
20Faceoffs won26
4Power plays5
16Penalty minutes14
31Hits37
15Blocked shots10
8Giveaways25
3Takeaways1

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Okposo – Tavares9:38

    xG 0.25–0.18 (59%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  2. Nielsen – Bouchard – Bailey6:16

    xG 0.13–0.14 (48%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas7:21

    xG 0.06–0.11 (37%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Grabner – Nelson7:34

    xG 0.19–0.27 (42%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Ness10:42

    xG 0.19–0.04 (83%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – de Haan10:26

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Hickey – Hamonic2:30

    xG 0.02–0.05 (34%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – Kopitar – King4:18

    xG 0.24–0.08 (74%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Fraser – Kopitar2:18

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Williams – Stoll – Brown9:26

    xG 0.16–0.18 (48%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Fraser – Frattin – Nolan2:22

    xG 0.01–0.15 (7%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Martinez10:05

    xG 0.36–0.11 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Doughty2:07

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Voynov2:14

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

LAK 2.4 xGNYI 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1098 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 67% of the time.

LAK winsNYI wins

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

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