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Sat, Feb 2, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Los Angeles Kings 2, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 58% of the time.

NYI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK18013115236
NYI11208312432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:09NYICasey CizikasAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Matt Martin · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:07LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Alex Iafallo, Dustin Brown · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 13:15LAKIlya KovalchukAssists: Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:46NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Ryan Pulock, Josh Bailey · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:37NYIMichael Dal ColleGWGAssists: Ryan Pulock, Leo Komarov · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:29NYIBrock NelsonENAssists: Ryan Pulock, Cal Clutterbuck · Wrist, 0.61 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:53NYIMathew Barzal: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:49LAKBrendan Leipsic: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 2:58NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:35LAKBrendan Leipsic: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:50NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKNYI
36Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals3.1
65Shot attempts52
32Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
16Hits13
14Blocked shots15
11Giveaways16
5Takeaways6

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. bestClifford – Amadio – Wagner8:52

    xG 0.28–0.01 (97%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar2:20

    xG 0.16–0.01 (93%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Hagelin – Kempe6:01

    xG 0.29–0.27 (52%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo10:15

    xG 0.40–0.51 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Fantenberg14:18

    xG 0.55–0.46 (55%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  2. Doughty – Forbort18:11

    xG 0.67–0.58 (54%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

  3. Martinez – Doughty2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Nelson11:32

    xG 0.49–0.32 (60%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier7:49

    xG 0.42–0.25 (62%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas10:26

    xG 0.57–0.44 (57%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Komarov – Dal Colle10:32

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy15:08

    xG 0.96–0.45 (68%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  2. Pelech – Pulock16:35

    xG 0.51–0.55 (48%)attempts 14–20goals 2–0

  3. Mayfield – Toews12:18

    xG 0.30–0.58 (34%)attempts 11–10goals 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 3.1 xGLAK 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 63/100 · #464 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 58% 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).