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Thu, Nov 6, 2014·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 50% of the time.

LAK winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI1601205032226
LAK11005011030129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:49LAKDwight KingAssists: Mike Richards, Jake Muzzin · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:32NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: John Tavares, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
  2. 2. NYI Kyle Okposo scored
  3. 3. LAK Jeff Carter stopped
  4. 4. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 15:20LAKMike Richards: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:24NYITravis Hamonic: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 1:15LAKRobyn Regehr: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:28LAKBrayden McNabb: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 9:12NYIRyan Strome: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 3:53LAKDrew Doughty: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 9:13NYIKyle Okposo: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 13:50NYITravis Hamonic: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackLAK 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.

NYILAK
26Shots on goal29
2.5Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts62
22Faceoffs won33
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
29Hits24
18Blocked shots11
11Giveaways16
7Takeaways4

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. bestNielsen – Grabovski – Clutterbuck11:09

    xG 0.48–0.11 (82%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Nelson – Strome8:27

    xG 0.39–0.15 (72%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Boulton – Martin – Cizikas4:23

    xG 0.03–0.19 (13%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Okposo – Kulemin – Tavares10:04

    xG 0.13–0.96 (12%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey14:16

    xG 0.68–0.35 (66%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy11:03

    xG 0.34–0.54 (38%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  3. Hamonic – de Haan12:40

    xG 0.26–0.70 (27%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Richards – King4:46

    xG 0.50–0.07 (87%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Richards – King – Nolan2:58

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Stoll – Lewis – Clifford10:20

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Toffoli – Pearson8:25

    xG 0.23–0.22 (51%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Doughty14:48

    xG 0.70–0.53 (57%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Regehr – Martinez13:09

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Greene – McNabb8:41

    xG 0.32–0.32 (50%)attempts 8–7goals 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 2.5 xGNYI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 44/100 · #636 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 50% of the time.

LAK winsNYI wins

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

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

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