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Los Angeles Kings at New York Islanders

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Islanders logo
Islanders
New York
2
vs
Kings logo
Kings
Los Angeles
3
NYI 60%40% LAK
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

New York Islanders 60% to win. The top 3 signals favoring Islanders:

  • Home Field Advantage. Islanders are 0-0 at home this season
  • Recent Form. Islanders (35-23) in better form than Kings (25-22)
  • Offensive Efficiency. Islanders offense (2.9 PPG) outpaces Kings (2.6 PPG)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: NYI 55% (−5)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: NYI 57% (−3)
  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: NYI 57% (−3)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: NYI 58% (−2)

Win probability movement

NYI home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement65%60%55%Mar 12Mar 13

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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VenueUBS Arena
Elmont, NY

Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Kings (away)
Islanders (home)
40%
Win probability
60%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Kings defeated the Islanders 3-2.

Our model predicted the Islanders would win with 60% confidence, but the Kings won against the model's expectation. Results like this help us refine the model.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Islanders and was a notable factor: Islanders are 0-0 at home this season
  • Recent Form favored the Islanders and was a contributing factor: Islanders (35-23) in better form than Kings (25-22)
  • Offensive Efficiency favored the Islanders and was a contributing factor: Islanders offense (2.9 PPG) outpaces Kings (2.6 PPG)

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Kings won 2-3

Kings won in a close game

Prediction IncorrectWe predicted Islanders at 60%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors New York Islanders
  • Recent FormFavors New York Islanders
  • Offensive EfficiencyFavors New York Islanders
  • Defensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Rest DaysNeutral
  • Head to HeadNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

LAK
NYI
Home Field Advantage
Recent Form
Offensive Efficiency
Defensive Efficiency
Favours LAK|Favours NYI

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Understanding the win probability calculation

1 factor not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 3/13/2026, 8:50:00 AM

Key Players

Kings

Carter GeorgeG
Anton ForsbergG
Darcy KuemperG
Lane PedersonC
Samuel HeleniusC

Islanders

Vitek VanecekG
Semyon VarlamovG
Ilya SorokinG
Mathew BarzalC
Brayden SchennC

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Islanders has a 60% win probability, while Kings has a 40% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at UBS Arena in Elmont, NY.

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