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Mon, Oct 11, 2010·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New York Rangers 4, New York Islanders 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 69% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR11221318433
NYI29111312632

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:47NYIBlake ComeauUnassisted · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:57NYRBrandon DubinskyPPAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Michal Rozsival · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:47NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Blake Comeau, Mike Mottau · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:28NYRMichael Del ZottoPPAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:01NYRDan GirardiAssists: Alex Frolov, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:39NYIMatt MoulsonAssists: Trent Hunter, Frans Nielsen · Snap, 0.60 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:46NYRArtem AnisimovAssists: Marian Gaborik, Ryan Callahan · Snap, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 15:36NYIPA ParenteauPPAssists: James Wisniewski, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–4
  9. P3 16:34NYIBlake ComeauPPGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Mike Mottau · Snap, 0.29 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:41NYIFrans NielsenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.62 xG4–6
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 8:03NYRBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 8:03NYIZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:41NYRErik Christensen: Interference2 min
  4. P1 11:08NYIDoug Weight: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  5. P1 13:24NYIMark Eaton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:47NYINino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:55NYITrent Hunter: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 14:47NYINino Niederreiter: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 0:50NYRMarc Staal: Interference2 min
  10. P3 10:26NYRMarian Gaborik: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  11. P3 14:15NYRRyan Callahan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. P3 15:01NYRMarc Staal: High sticking2 min · PPG
  13. P3 0:00NYRSteve Eminger: Roughing2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Christensen won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
33Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals4.4
63Shot attempts51
34Faceoffs won29
4Power plays5
17Penalty minutes13
25Hits28
14Blocked shots18
9Giveaways13
7Takeaways15

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov9:46

    xG 0.52–0.21 (72%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Frolov – Stepan3:59

    xG 0.13–0.11 (54%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Fedotenko – Avery – Stepan9:19

    xG 0.51–0.65 (44%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  4. Gaborik – Frolov – Christensen8:58

    xG 0.00–0.68 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Girardi3:58

    xG 0.23–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – Del Zotto11:39

    xG 1.03–0.88 (54%)attempts 20–12goals 1–2

  3. Rozsival – Staal16:04

    xG 0.34–0.31 (53%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Comeau – Bailey9:11

    xG 0.63–0.12 (83%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Hunter – Nielsen – Moulson8:57

    xG 0.68–0.27 (71%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Sim – Konopka – Moulson2:26

    xG 0.03–0.03 (53%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Weight – Grabner – Niederreiter9:42

    xG 0.25–0.82 (24%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEaton – Martinek16:49

    xG 1.35–0.32 (81%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  2. Mottau – Wisniewski14:01

    xG 0.70–0.42 (62%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  3. Jurcina – MacDonald10:43

    xG 0.18–1.14 (14%)attempts 6–19goals 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.

NYI 4.4 xGNYR 3.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #17 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.99 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 69% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

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