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Mon, Jan 10, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

New York Rangers 1, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 86% of the time.

LAK winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR060918123
LAK01321818339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:55LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Trevor Moore · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:41LAKBlake LizotteGWGAssists: Viktor Arvidsson, Trevor Moore · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:27NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Filip Chytil, Greg McKegg · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:43LAKAdrian KempeENAssists: Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.52 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:01NYRKaapo Kakko: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:59LAKMatt Roy: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:22LAKViktor Arvidsson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 12:33NYRJacob Trouba: Holding2 min
  5. P3 13:01NYRAlexis Lafrenière: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRLAK
23Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals4.4
42Shot attempts67
31Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits24
15Blocked shots12
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways2

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. bestMcKegg – Rooney – Chytil7:13

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Brodzinski – Gettinger – Barron6:29

    xG 0.08–0.03 (76%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko11:47

    xG 0.15–0.21 (42%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Panarin – Lafrenière12:58

    xG 0.39–1.25 (24%)attempts 10–20goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren16:40

    xG 0.76–0.44 (64%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  2. Nemeth – Tinordi12:58

    xG 0.10–0.66 (13%)attempts 2–14goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Miller15:03

    xG 0.22–0.91 (20%)attempts 9–20goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore12:38

    xG 0.86–0.18 (82%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Brown – Kupari – Turcotte7:59

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo12:26

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev9:08

    xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson16:19

    xG 0.94–0.43 (69%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Maatta – Roy15:22

    xG 0.54–0.15 (78%)attempts 23–9goals 0–0

  3. Durzi – Bjornfot11:19

    xG 0.65–0.36 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 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 4.4 xGNYR 1.9 xG
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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 18/100 · #1107 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 86% of the time.

LAK winsNYR wins

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

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