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Thu, Oct 21, 2010·St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa

New York Islanders 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 56% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI111180412325
TBL1101801200230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:15NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Doug Weight · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:05TBLSean BergenheimAssists: Teddy Purcell, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:44TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Steven Stamkos, Mike Lundin · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:00NYIPA ParenteauPPAssists: James Wisniewski, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:56NYIMatt MoulsonGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen, Mike Mottau · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:23NYIMike Mottau: Holding2 min
  2. P2 2:40TBLSean Bergenheim: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 8:24TBLRyan Malone: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:46TBLSteven Stamkos: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 13:38NYIJon Sim: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:38NYITrevor Gillies: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 16:55TBLVincent Lecavalier: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:33NYIZenon Konopka: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 19:52TBLPavel Kubina: Tripping2 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 SOG0TBL
47% to win53% to win
← NYI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Konopka won the faceoff against Thompson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITBL
25Shots on goal30
2.3Expected goals2.1
45Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won29
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
16Hits16
17Blocked shots5
7Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

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. bestSim – Konopka – Grabner2:46

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Weight – Grabner – Niederreiter6:39

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Sim – Parenteau – Nielsen2:30

    xG 0.14–0.03 (83%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Hunter – Parenteau – Nielsen2:50

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMottau – Wisniewski12:47

    xG 0.74–0.31 (70%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Mottau – Jurcina3:56

    xG 0.43–0.19 (70%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Eaton – Jurcina3:09

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestSt. Louis – Downie – Stamkos13:32

    xG 0.57–0.15 (79%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Thompson – Tyrell6:40

    xG 0.31–0.05 (86%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Bergenheim – Purcell3:10

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  4. Lecavalier – Gagne – Bergenheim2:28

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Lundin13:56

    xG 0.62–0.34 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Clark – Hedman14:36

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  3. Smaby – Jones10:57

    xG 0.25–0.92 (21%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

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.

TBL 2.1 xGNYI 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #515 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 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 56% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

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

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