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Tue, Mar 11, 2025·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

New York Islanders 1, Los Angeles Kings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 65% of the time.

LAK winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI06117011134
LAK1152918432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:33LAKVladislav GavrikovAssists: Anze Kopitar, Jordan Spence · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:37NYIAnders LeeAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:14LAKPhillip DanaultGWGAssists: Trevor Moore, Warren Foegele · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:00LAKQuinton ByfieldSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:43LAKDrew DoughtyENUnassisted · Slap, 0.23 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:24LAKDrew Doughty: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:44NYIAdam Pelech: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:39LAKAlex Turcotte: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 13:40LAKJoel Edmundson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 17:49LAKVladislav Gavrikov: Holding2 min
  6. P3 0:27LAKWarren Foegele: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 10:16LAKAlex Laferriere: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:15LAKQuinton Byfield: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 17:27LAKJoel Edmundson: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Danault
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYILAK
34Shots on goal32
4.3Expected goals3.3
70Shot attempts53
38Faceoffs won16
8Power plays1
2Penalty minutes16
25Hits19
11Blocked shots20
17Giveaways19
3Takeaways1

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. Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom8:03

    xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. MacLean – Gatcomb – Tsyplakov2:39

    xG 0.01–0.00 (87%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Cizikas – Engvall – Tsyplakov4:18

    xG 0.11–0.14 (45%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  4. Fasching – MacLean – Gatcomb3:55

    xG 0.05–0.16 (24%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Romanov2:02

    xG 0.15–0.00 (99%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Dobson6:02

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. DeAngelo – Romanov11:14

    xG 0.52–0.48 (52%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestJeannot – Turcotte – Helenius6:36

    xG 0.52–0.06 (90%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Danault – Foegele – Moore7:47

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere6:47

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko9:12

    xG 0.30–0.33 (48%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Anderson13:27

    xG 0.79–0.22 (78%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. Edmundson – Clarke10:05

    xG 0.52–0.45 (54%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Spence7:03

    xG 0.20–0.19 (52%)attempts 2–8goals 1–0

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 3.3 xGNYI 4.3 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 31/100 · #905 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 65% of the time.

LAK winsNYI wins

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

-7
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-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).