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Sat, Feb 26, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

New York Islanders 2, Los Angeles Kings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 72% of the time.

LAK winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0718113228
LAK21121619536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:43LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Trevor Moore, Tobias Bjornfot · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:51LAKMatt RoyAssists: Anze Kopitar, Alex Iafallo · Snap, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:56LAKQuinton ByfieldGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:47NYIAnders LeeAssists: Noah Dobson, Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:31LAKBrendan LemieuxAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:44NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Noah Dobson, Sebastian Aho · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:43LAKTrevor MooreENAssists: Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.58 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:10NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:13NYICasey Cizikas: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:21NYIKieffer Bellows: Illegal check to head2 min
  4. P2 5:46LAKArthur Kaliyev: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 11:15LAKSean Durzi: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 3:56LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:43NYIBrock Nelson: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 15:23NYICasey Cizikas: Cross checking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYILAK
28Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals4.7
48Shot attempts76
30Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
26Hits12
23Blocked shots9
9Giveaways5
1Takeaways7

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. bestNelson – Beauvillier – Bellows6:45

    xG 0.71–0.11 (87%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Pageau – Wahlstrom5:22

    xG 0.45–0.32 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:00

    xG 0.08–0.16 (33%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Parise – Palmieri – Barzal3:51

    xG 0.12–0.68 (15%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAho – Dobson4:58

    xG 0.52–0.12 (81%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech9:48

    xG 0.63–0.60 (51%)attempts 8–15goals 0–2

  3. Pulock – Dobson2:39

    xG 0.05–0.17 (22%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore9:07

    xG 0.83–0.43 (66%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  2. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev6:30

    xG 0.46–0.20 (69%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Brown – Grundstrom – Byfield9:19

    xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo11:25

    xG 0.58–0.98 (37%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Roy13:25

    xG 0.72–0.05 (94%)attempts 15–5goals 3–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson16:48

    xG 0.93–0.79 (54%)attempts 22–12goals 0–1

  3. Durzi – Bjornfot10:42

    xG 0.45–0.90 (33%)attempts 12–12goals 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 4.7 xGNYI 3.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 51/100 · #723 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 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 72% of the time.

LAK winsNYI wins

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

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