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Sun, Feb 12, 2012·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Florida Panthers 4, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 78% of the time.

NYI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA193604419
NYI1907011127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:35NYIFrans NielsenAssists: PA Parenteau, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:57FLATyson StrachanAssists: Marcel Goc · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:17FLATomas FleischmannGWGAssists: Kris Versteeg, Stephen Weiss · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:41FLAKris VersteegPPAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Brian Campbell · Slap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:33FLAJack SkilleAssists: Shawn Matthias · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:07FLASean Bergenheim: Holding2 min
  2. P2 10:26NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 9:43FLAErik Gudbranson: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← FLA attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Weiss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYI
19Shots on goal27
1.7Expected goals3.3
36Shot attempts68
28Faceoffs won23
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
20Hits27
22Blocked shots11
2Giveaways5
10Takeaways13

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg11:44

    xG 0.49–0.47 (51%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  2. Kopecky – Santorelli – Matthias7:34

    xG 0.27–0.28 (49%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Bradley – Madden – Skille8:26

    xG 0.06–0.36 (14%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

  4. Samuelsson – Goc – Bergenheim13:15

    xG 0.33–0.82 (28%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllerby – Gudbranson14:10

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Gudbranson3:22

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Strachan – Robak14:27

    xG 0.12–0.42 (22%)attempts 6–13goals 2–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMoulson – Okposo – Tavares16:08

    xG 0.94–0.49 (66%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Parenteau – Nielsen – Grabner13:20

    xG 0.72–0.39 (65%)attempts 16–9goals 1–2

  3. Rolston – Bailey – Martin10:55

    xG 0.40–0.30 (57%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  4. Pandolfo – Wallace – Niederreiter6:57

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Streit14:58

    xG 0.84–0.25 (77%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. MacDonald – Ness17:03

    xG 0.79–0.53 (60%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  3. Eaton – Jurcina12:11

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 14–5goals 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 3.3 xGFLA 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #847 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 78% of the time.

NYI winsFLA wins

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

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