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Thu, Feb 6, 2020·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Los Angeles Kings 3, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 72% of the time.

NYI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK2611009325
NYI07210316533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:20LAKBen HuttonAssists: Adrian Kempe, Blake Lizotte · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:20LAKAlex IafalloUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:40NYIMichael Dal ColleAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Nick Leddy · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:09LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Michael Amadio, Ben Hutton · Tip-in, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:22NYIKieffer BellowsAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Derick Brassard · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:23NYIMatt MartinAssists: Devon Toews, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:10NYIKieffer BellowsGWGAssists: Derick Brassard, Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:47NYIAnders LeeENAssists: Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.66 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 12:54NYIMathew Barzal: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 16:02NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 7:55LAKSean Walker: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 11:03LAKAlec Martinez: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 11:03NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 11:03LAKDrew Doughty: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 11:03NYICasey Cizikas: Fighting5 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
45% to win55% 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
25Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals4.1
62Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
9Penalty minutes11
17Hits16
15Blocked shots22
16Giveaways18
4Takeaways6

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. bestKempe – Wagner – Lizotte6:24

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo13:41

    xG 0.55–0.58 (49%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  3. Lewis – Prokhorkin – Amadio5:50

    xG 0.39–0.76 (34%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. Carter – Toffoli – Grundstrom8:22

    xG 0.10–0.63 (14%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Doughty – Walker2:00

    xG 0.08–0.06 (58%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Hutton – Roy17:34

    xG 0.94–0.96 (50%)attempts 21–16goals 2–0

  3. Martinez – Doughty18:05

    xG 0.75–1.17 (39%)attempts 18–16goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Dal Colle – Bellows9:20

    xG 0.79–0.38 (67%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Komarov – Martin – Cizikas8:59

    xG 0.60–0.20 (75%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier10:32

    xG 0.92–0.82 (53%)attempts 12–17goals 0–2

  4. Eberle – Lee – Barzal15:07

    xG 0.37–0.73 (34%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy11:28

    xG 0.96–0.24 (80%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Mayfield – Dobson8:05

    xG 0.84–0.52 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  3. Leddy – Pulock4:26

    xG 0.11–0.08 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

NYI 4.1 xGLAK 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 81/100 · #206 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 72% 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).