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Tue, Nov 22, 2022·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

New York Rangers 5, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

LAK winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0631227525
LAK213010115338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:35LAKKevin FialaAssists: Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:01LAKGabriel VilardiPPAssists: Kevin Fiala, Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:22NYRBraden SchneiderAssists: Filip Chytil, Alexis Lafrenière · Snap, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:01NYRVincent TrocheckAssists: Ryan Lindgren, Adam Fox · Backhand, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:44NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Filip Chytil, Alexis Lafrenière · Backhand, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:12LAKSean WalkerAssists: Anze Kopitar, Kevin Fiala · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:06NYRChris KreiderGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Slap, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:10NYRChris KreiderENAssists: Jimmy Vesey, K'Andre Miller · Backhand, 0.79 xG5–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:47NYRVincent Trocheck: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:00NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:00LAKBlake Lizotte: Slashing2 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
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRLAK
25Shots on goal38
2.7Expected goals2.6
51Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won31
0Power plays1
4Penalty minutes2
41Hits27
14Blocked shots19
9Giveaways7
2Takeaways7

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. bestTrocheck – Goodrow – Panarin14:25

    xG 0.72–0.66 (52%)attempts 18–15goals 1–1

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey12:32

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière13:34

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  4. Carpenter – Blais – Gauthier8:14

    xG 0.33–0.82 (29%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jones – Schneider14:19

    xG 0.55–0.52 (51%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. Fox – Lindgren17:08

    xG 0.69–0.72 (49%)attempts 15–17goals 2–0

  3. Trouba – Miller20:06

    xG 0.29–0.85 (25%)attempts 14–18goals 0–1

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestAnderson-Dolan – Kupari – Kaliyev8:39

    xG 0.82–0.44 (65%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe15:01

    xG 0.62–0.42 (60%)attempts 13–11goals 2–1

  3. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore15:41

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  4. Grundstrom – Vilardi – Lizotte10:42

    xG 0.44–0.46 (49%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoverare – Walker14:59

    xG 0.97–0.27 (78%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Roy18:02

    xG 0.81–0.60 (58%)attempts 20–21goals 1–1

  3. Doughty – Anderson17:48

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

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 2.6 xGNYR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 83/100 · #279 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 Rangers win this game 54% 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).