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Mon, Mar 11, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

New York Islanders 0, Los Angeles Kings 3

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
NYI0706013026
LAK0511228325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:14LAKAdrian KempeGWGAssists: Jordan Spence, Alex Laferriere · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:07LAKPhillip DanaultAssists: Trevor Moore, Drew Doughty · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:38LAKTrevor MooreENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.74 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:37LAKAdrian Kempe: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 12:46LAKTrevor Moore: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:58NYIMathew Barzal: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:00NYINoah Dobson: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 13:39NYIBo Horvat: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:18LAKPierre-Luc Dubois: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:13LAKPierre-Luc Dubois: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 13:06LAKTrevor Lewis: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYILAK
26Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals2.6
53Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won20
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
26Hits29
15Blocked shots16
1Giveaways4
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. bestCizikas – Engvall – Holmstrom9:44

    xG 0.34–0.09 (78%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Lee – Pageau7:52

    xG 0.10–0.07 (57%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Fasching – MacLean8:14

    xG 0.28–0.46 (38%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  4. Nelson – Horvat – Barzal10:04

    xG 0.10–0.42 (20%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Romanov13:38

    xG 0.35–0.03 (92%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Reilly – Aho9:43

    xG 0.21–0.15 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Aho3:43

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Fiala – Moore10:23

    xG 0.63–0.06 (91%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Turcotte – Byfield3:48

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield2:17

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Kempe – Dubois – Laferriere7:41

    xG 0.18–0.39 (31%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Roy13:39

    xG 0.60–0.25 (71%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Anderson13:12

    xG 0.42–0.12 (78%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Englund – Moverare5:18

    xG 0.08–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–2goals 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 2.6 xGNYI 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1214 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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).