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Tue, Feb 14, 2012·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 61% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0101728325
WPG116010012138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:50WPGChris ThorburnAssists: Jim Slater, Tanner Glass · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:55NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: John Tavares · Slap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:36NYIPA ParenteauGWGAssists: Milan Jurcina, Brian Rolston · Deflected, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:07NYIMatt MartinENAssists: PA Parenteau, Jay Pandolfo · Snap, 0.70 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 3:32WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:26WPGZach Bogosian: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:26NYIMichael Grabner: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 14:17WPGNik Antropov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:17NYIPA Parenteau: Diving2 min
  6. P2 18:03NYIJohn Tavares: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 5:50NYIBrian Rolston: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:26NYIPA Parenteau: Cross checking2 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 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← NYI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Slater won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
25Shots on goal38
3.7Expected goals3.0
44Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won32
1Power plays3
10Penalty minutes6
15Hits18
16Blocked shots7
17Giveaways4
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. bestReasoner – Martin – Niederreiter2:17

    xG 0.13–0.03 (81%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Pandolfo – Reasoner – Niederreiter4:44

    xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Nielsen – Grabner10:39

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

  4. Moulson – Okposo – Tavares14:26

    xG 0.53–0.92 (36%)attempts 16–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Streit – MacDonald3:10

    xG 0.13–0.17 (44%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Ness12:58

    xG 0.31–0.53 (37%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

  3. Eaton – Jurcina11:59

    xG 0.29–0.68 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWellwood – Kane – Burmistrov9:54

    xG 0.55–0.19 (74%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little16:38

    xG 1.02–0.82 (56%)attempts 23–13goals 0–1

  3. Antropov – Miettinen – Stapleton5:21

    xG 0.32–0.13 (71%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Slater – Glass7:12

    xG 0.19–0.35 (35%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien19:02

    xG 1.18–0.68 (63%)attempts 24–16goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Stuart12:12

    xG 0.50–0.35 (59%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Bogosian13:07

    xG 0.36–0.26 (58%)attempts 14–8goals 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.

WPG 3.0 xGNYI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #837 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 61% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

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

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