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Fri, Nov 20, 2009·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

New York Islanders 2, Minnesota Wild 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01221205229
MIN1801328329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:44MINOwen NolanAssists: Eric Belanger, Nick Schultz · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:07NYIJon SimAssists: Trent Hunter, Bruno Gervais · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:23NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Jon Sim, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:58MINMikko KoivuPPAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Andrew Brunette · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:53MINOwen NolanGWGAssists: Eric Belanger, James Sheppard · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 1:59MINAntti Miettinen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 4:35NYINate Thompson: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:35MINNathan Smith: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:01MINRobbie Earl: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 17:56NYITim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:56MINShane Hnidy: Instigator2 min
  7. P1 17:56MINShane Hnidy: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 17:56MINShane Hnidy: Instigator misconduct10 min
  9. P2 3:45NYIMark Streit: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 4:10NYISean Bergenheim: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 7:54MINAntti Miettinen: Holding2 min
  12. P2 12:48NYIBruno Gervais: Tripping2 min
  13. P2 19:26NYIMark Streit: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 6:33NYIAndrew MacDonald: High sticking2 min · PPG
  15. P3 6:33NYIJon Sim: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 6:33MINShane Hnidy: Holding2 min
  17. P3 8:56MINAntti Miettinen: Tripping2 min
  18. P3 15:59MINGreg Zanon: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackMIN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIMIN
29Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals2.2
52Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won27
6Power plays5
22Penalty minutes34
9Hits27
14Blocked shots12
5Giveaways8
4Takeaways4

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.

MIN 2.2 xGNYI 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 73/100 · #300 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsNYI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).