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Los Angeles Kings at New York Islanders

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Los Angeles Kings
▸3
New York Islanders
1
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Recap

written from the game data

The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 3-1. The Kings scored first and never trailed. The Kings led 2-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Anders Lee's goal at 9:47 of the second period, which took the Islanders' chances from 17% to 34%. Expected goals favored the Kings, 3.3 to 2.1; shots on goal were LAK 30, NYI 20. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Kings win a replay of these chances 62% of the time. Darcy Kuemper stopped 19 of 20 (.950), 1.1 goals saved above expected; Ilya Sorokin stopped 27 of 29 (.931), 0.8 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Kevin Fiala (1 G), 2. Adrian Kempe (1 G, 1 A), 3. Anders Lee (1 G).

Three stars

  1. ★
    LAK
    K. Fiala1 G
  2. ★★
    LAK
    A. Kempe1 G, 1 A
  3. ★★★
    NYI
    A. Lee1 G

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
LAKLAK11211315330
NYINYI0311007120

Scoring

4 goals

1st period

  1. LAK
    A. Kempe(14)
    A. Kopitar (24), T. Moore (12)
    wristxG 0.08win prob +14 ptsVideo
    1-0
    13:51

2nd period

  1. LAK
    K. Fiala(10)
    J. Edmundson (5), A. Turcotte (7)
    wristxG 0.03win prob +17 ptsVideo
    2-0
    3:09
  2. NYI
    A. Lee(13)
    K. Palmieri (12), B. Nelson (8)
    wristxG 0.22win prob +17 ptsVideo
    2-1
    9:47

3rd period

  1. LAK
    M. Anderson(4)EN
    A. Kempe (14)
    wristxG 0.51win prob +3 ptsVideo
    3-1
    19:46

Penalties

LAK 6 PIM·NYI 2 PIM

1st

  • 5:06LAKKyle Burroughs · Unsportsmanlike conductdrawn by Alexander Romanov2 min
  • 9:17LAKQuinton Byfield · High stickingdrawn by Maxim Tsyplakov2 min

2nd

  • 17:35NYIAlexander Romanov · High stickingdrawn by Warren Foegele2 min

3rd

  • 10:11LAKVladislav Gavrikov · Delaying game puck over glass2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
NYI goalLAK goalFinal: NYI 0%

Biggest swing: Anders Lee, 2nd 9:47 — NYI 17% → 34%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
A. Lee · Goal · xG 0.22B. Horvat · Missed · xG 0.15B. Horvat · On goal · xG 0.14J. Pageau · Missed · xG 0.14A. Lee · Missed · xG 0.12B. Horvat · Missed · xG 0.12C. Cizikas · On goal · xG 0.11A. Lee · On goal · xG 0.10A. Lee · On goal · xG 0.09M. Martin · Missed · xG 0.08J. Pageau · On goal · xG 0.08A. Lee · On goal · xG 0.07K. Palmieri · Missed · xG 0.06J. Pageau · Missed · xG 0.06B. Horvat · On goal · xG 0.06M. Martin · On goal · xG 0.06C. Cizikas · Missed · xG 0.05C. Cizikas · On goal · xG 0.05M. Tsyplakov · On goal · xG 0.05K. Palmieri · On goal · xG 0.04M. Tsyplakov · Missed · xG 0.04S. Holmstrom · Missed · xG 0.04A. Lee · On goal · xG 0.03A. Lee · On goal · xG 0.03K. Palmieri · On goal · xG 0.03N. Dobson · On goal · xG 0.03B. Nelson · Missed · xG 0.02A. Romanov · On goal · xG 0.02M. Tsyplakov · Missed · xG 0.02D. Cholowski · On goal · xG 0.02N. Dobson · Missed · xG 0.01O. Wahlstrom · On goal · xG 0.01N. Dobson · On goal · xG 0.01D. Cholowski · Missed · xG 0.00
NYI1 G · 2.1 xG · 34 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

LAKvsNYI
3.32 G
All situations
1 G2.1
2.52 G
Even strength
1 G1.5
0.30 G
Power play
0 G0.7

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 83 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
LAK62%38%NYI

Flurry-adjusted xG 2.78 – 2.13

How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.

Team stats

LAKvsNYI
30
Shots on goal
20
53%
Faceoffs
47%
0/1
Power play
0/3
6
Penalty minutes
2
14
Hits
16
12
Blocked shots
9
17
Giveaways
11
5
Takeaways
6

Box score

every player line
Los Angeles Kings skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
44M. AndersonD101030.59010—26:56
84V. GavrikovD000+110.07012—25:44
6J. EdmundsonD011+210.07210—21:42
22K. FialaL101+140.74000—19:39
24P. DanaultC000030.160304019:34
9A. KempeR112+210.18110—19:17
11A. KopitarC011+200.000106719:11
55Q. ByfieldR000-140.501027518:22
37W. FoegeleL000+110.06000—16:51
12T. MooreL011+210.16110—16:43
21J. SpenceD000020.04000—15:34
14A. LaferriereR000-120.22110—15:00
10T. JeannotL000030.21420—13:47
92B. ClarkeD000000.00000—13:09
43J. MoverareD000000.00000—10:00
15A. TurcotteC011-130.22000009:44
79S. HeleniusC000+110.133003307:32
7K. BurroughsD000+100.00102—05:30
Los Angeles Kings goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
35D. Kuemper(W)20191.9502.14+1.1459:45

Season series

LAK leads 2-0

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).