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Fri, Dec 3, 2010·Madison Square Garden, New York

New York Islanders 0, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 85% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI030707017
NYR061817221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:33NYRMarc StaalPPGWGAssists: Derek Stepan, Brandon Dubinsky · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:57NYRBrian BoyleENAssists: Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Callahan · Backhand, 0.68 xG0–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 12:42NYRRyan Callahan: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 12:42NYRRyan Callahan: Elbowing2 min
  3. P1 12:42NYIJesse Joensuu: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:42NYIJesse Joensuu: Instigator2 min
  5. P1 12:42NYIJesse Joensuu: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P1 12:42NYIJesse Joensuu: Misconduct10 min
  7. P1 15:18NYRSean Avery: Roughing2 min
  8. P1 15:18NYRSean Avery: Misconduct10 min
  9. P1 17:09NYIJon Sim: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P2 2:42NYIJon Sim: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  11. P2 7:00NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Cross checking2 min
  12. P2 7:00NYIJon Sim: Diving2 min
  13. P2 7:42NYIAndrew MacDonald: Interference2 min
  14. P2 15:22NYRSean Avery: Boarding2 min
  15. P3 16:03NYIDwayne Roloson: 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 SOG0NYR
47% to win53% to win
← NYI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Christensen won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINYR
17Shots on goal21
1.9Expected goals4.2
42Shot attempts53
17Faceoffs won26
2Power plays5
29Penalty minutes23
28Hits28
22Blocked shots13
5Giveaways5
4Takeaways14

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 – Schremp – Comeau6:12

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Gillies – Konopka – Martin3:12

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Joensuu – Grabner6:40

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares16:18

    xG 0.72–0.88 (45%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEaton – Martinek10:53

    xG 0.39–0.14 (73%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Wisniewski – MacDonald2:21

    xG 0.04–0.11 (24%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Hillen10:42

    xG 0.23–0.35 (39%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFedotenko – Boyle – Prust11:02

    xG 0.43–0.17 (71%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Avery – Gaborik – Christensen6:50

    xG 0.37–0.12 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Callahan – Stepan7:28

    xG 0.14–0.15 (49%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Frolov – Boogaard – Anisimov2:16

    xG 0.03–0.09 (26%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Sauer9:30

    xG 0.28–0.03 (90%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Girardi16:13

    xG 0.96–0.72 (57%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Del Zotto11:27

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 10–6goals 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.

NYR 4.2 xGNYI 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1083 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 Rangers win this game 85% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

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

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