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Tue, Jan 11, 2011·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Vancouver Canucks 4, New York Islanders 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 79% of the time.

NYI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN120110118032451
NYI09116215011341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:13NYIJack HillenAssists: Blake Comeau, Milan Jurcina · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:44VANRyan KeslerAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Raffi Torres · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:14NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Rob Schremp, Andrew MacDonald · Snap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:24NYIBlake ComeauAssists: Dylan Reese, Rob Schremp · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:58VANKevin BieksaUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Rob Schremp scored
  2. 2. VAN Mason Raymond scored
  3. 3. NYI PA Parenteau stopped
  4. 4. VAN Jeff Tambellini stopped
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares stopped
  6. 6. VAN Ryan Kesler scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:05NYIJeremy Colliton: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:52NYIJeremy Colliton: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:57VANTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:57NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 13:12VANJeff Tambellini: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 2:57VANKevin Bieksa: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNYI
51Shots on goal41
5.1Expected goals3.1
79Shot attempts67
37Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
38Hits24
16Blocked shots15
15Giveaways17
10Takeaways15

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Tambellini – Raymond9:52

    xG 1.01–0.48 (68%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Bolduc – Glass – Hansen5:25

    xG 0.73–0.27 (73%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows14:57

    xG 1.08–0.75 (59%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  4. Kesler – Glass – Hansen2:26

    xG 0.17–0.19 (48%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Bieksa18:32

    xG 1.34–1.05 (56%)attempts 21–19goals 1–0

  2. Ehrhoff – Edler19:33

    xG 1.05–0.91 (54%)attempts 24–22goals 1–1

  3. Alberts – Ballard12:22

    xG 0.73–0.83 (47%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestSchremp – Comeau – Grabner12:36

    xG 0.94–0.77 (55%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  2. Parenteau – Moulson – Tavares12:23

    xG 0.84–0.82 (51%)attempts 17–9goals 0–2

  3. Colliton – Rakhshani – Bailey9:42

    xG 0.30–0.48 (39%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  4. Konopka – Joensuu – Martin4:05

    xG 0.14–0.49 (22%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReese – Hillen2:20

    xG 0.59–0.22 (72%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic16:58

    xG 0.90–0.79 (53%)attempts 20–17goals 0–1

  3. Martinek – Hamonic2:09

    xG 0.03–0.18 (12%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

NYI 3.1 xGVAN 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 90/100 · #100 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.50 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 79% of the time.

NYI winsVAN wins

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

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