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Sun, Mar 4, 2012·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New Jersey Devils 0, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

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

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0606012024
NYI0101807125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:39NYIKyle OkposoGWGAssists: Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:23NJDBryce Salvador: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 8:52NJDRyan Carter: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:44NJDZach Parise: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:09NYIMilan Jurcina: Interference2 min
  5. P2 19:44NJDMatt Taormina: Holding2 min
  6. P3 5:10NYISteve Staios: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 5:10NJDSteve Bernier: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 5:29NJDBryce Salvador: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
24Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals4.3
57Shot attempts56
23Faceoffs won23
1Power plays5
12Penalty minutes4
23Hits20
18Blocked shots27
9Giveaways8
8Takeaways8

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBernier – Clarkson – Josefson3:21

    xG 0.31–0.04 (88%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Zubrus – Clarkson – Josefson6:21

    xG 0.23–0.16 (60%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Boulton – Janssen – Carter2:06

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

  4. Sykora – Elias – Zubrus4:52

    xG 0.15–0.29 (34%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Zidlicky2:07

    xG 0.24–0.04 (85%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Fayne – Taormina2:33

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Taormina10:02

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Moulson – Tavares9:47

    xG 1.03–0.23 (82%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Bailey – Ullstrom7:50

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Okposo – Cizikas – Niederreiter7:16

    xG 0.10–0.17 (36%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Pandolfo – Reasoner – Martin8:44

    xG 0.02–0.56 (3%)attempts 3–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic15:29

    xG 0.68–0.50 (58%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  2. Eaton – Jurcina12:29

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Staios – Streit13:07

    xG 0.40–0.63 (39%)attempts 8–17goals 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.

NYI 4.3 xGNJD 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1203 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 85% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

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

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