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Fri, Jan 6, 2012·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Islanders 2, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI081815221
ANA031938420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:18ANABobby RyanAssists: Jason Blake, Saku Koivu · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:04NYIMatt MartinAssists: Mark Eaton, Michael Grabner · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:20NYIKyle OkposoAssists: John Tavares, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:22ANABobby RyanSHAssists: Corey Perry, Toni Lydman · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:25ANARyan GetzlafGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Luca Sbisa · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:06ANATeemu SelanneAssists: Niklas Hagman, Cam Fowler · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 12:09NYIMilan Jurcina: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 16:40ANASheldon Brookbank: Holding2 min
  3. P3 7:35ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 10:38ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 11:43NYIPA Parenteau: 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 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← NYI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIANA
21Shots on goal20
1.9Expected goals1.9
56Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
26Hits30
18Blocked shots19
11Giveaways14
3Takeaways7

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. bestGrabner – Bailey – Martin8:13

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Rolston – Parenteau – Nielsen10:34

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Moulson – Okposo – Tavares15:04

    xG 0.54–0.50 (51%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

  4. Reasoner – Wallace – Niederreiter4:23

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic19:00

    xG 0.67–0.37 (65%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  2. Staios – Streit10:33

    xG 0.45–0.35 (56%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Eaton – Jurcina9:32

    xG 0.16–0.18 (48%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Blake – Cogliano – Beleskey2:52

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Gordon – Pelley – Beleskey5:06

    xG 0.07–0.10 (43%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – Hagman12:58

    xG 0.52–0.65 (44%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

  4. Blake – Cogliano – Bonino8:03

    xG 0.19–0.44 (30%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Fowler16:17

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Visnovsky – Sbisa16:05

    xG 0.50–0.51 (50%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

  3. Lydman – Brookbank12:17

    xG 0.18–0.75 (20%)attempts 6–16goals 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.

ANA 1.9 xGNYI 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #368 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

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

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