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Tue, Dec 10, 2019·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

New York Rangers 1, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

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

LAK winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR01405111130
LAK11111015326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:49LAKDustin BrownAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:22LAKTyler ToffoliGWGAssists: Matt Roy, Michael Amadio · Backhand, 0.35 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:29NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Chris Kreider, Kaapo Kakko · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:45LAKAdrian KempeENAssists: Blake Lizotte · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:32LAKMatt Luff: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 6:08NYRChris Kreider: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 14:09NYRBrady Skjei: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 14:09LAKAustin Wagner: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 6:50LAKKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 6:50NYRBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 17:55LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Kopitar
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRLAK
30Shots on goal26
3.2Expected goals3.7
51Shot attempts63
29Faceoffs won23
2Power plays1
12Penalty minutes14
16Hits22
13Blocked shots8
8Giveaways11
5Takeaways4

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestLemieux – Howden – Chytil2:19

    xG 0.34–0.05 (88%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko4:23

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Zibanejad – Panarin – Kakko7:44

    xG 0.36–0.38 (48%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Strome – Chytil7:25

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Trouba13:53

    xG 0.76–0.14 (84%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. DeAngelo – Fox2:11

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – DeAngelo12:10

    xG 0.19–0.52 (26%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Amadio – Luff6:03

    xG 0.40–0.08 (83%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Carter – Lewis – Clifford7:44

    xG 0.18–0.02 (91%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:04

    xG 0.39–0.48 (45%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte8:06

    xG 0.36–0.52 (41%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Roy16:58

    xG 1.19–0.39 (75%)attempts 25–11goals 2–0

  2. Doughty – Ryan16:18

    xG 0.58–0.58 (50%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Doughty – Walker2:54

    xG 0.06–0.07 (47%)attempts 1–3goals 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 3.7 xGNYR 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #955 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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.

LAK winsNYR wins

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

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