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Sat, Feb 16, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New Jersey Devils 1, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 69% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD01505111131
NYI09314210533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:46NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Brad Boyes, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:09NYIJohn TavaresPPGWGAssists: Matt Moulson, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.45 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:06NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: Brad Boyes, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:47NJDMarek ZidlickyPPAssists: Patrik Elias, Ilya Kovalchuk · Slap, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:45NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Mark Streit, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:25NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: Keith Aucoin, Travis Hamonic · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:37NYIMatt Martin: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:13NJDHenrik Tallinder: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 4:36NYIBrad Boyes: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 17:51NJDBryce Salvador: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:54NJDHenrik Tallinder: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 7:27NYIMark Streit: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:07NYIMichael Grabner: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 12:45NJDMarek Zidlicky: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 14:21NJDAlexei Ponikarovsky: Interference2 min
  10. P3 14:50NJDSteve Bernier: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 14:50NJDKrys Barch: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 19:40NYICasey Cizikas: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← NJD attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Gionta
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
31Shots on goal33
3.2Expected goals4.4
60Shot attempts55
20Faceoffs won34
5Power plays6
22Penalty minutes10
21Hits29
12Blocked shots17
9Giveaways17
4Takeaways17

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 – Gionta – Carter9:22

    xG 0.79–0.36 (68%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Barch – Josefson – Butler4:45

    xG 0.36–0.21 (63%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Kovalchuk – Zajac10:47

    xG 0.52–0.43 (54%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Elias – Clarkson – Henrique9:33

    xG 0.34–0.28 (54%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Volchenkov15:53

    xG 0.83–0.55 (60%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Larsson12:35

    xG 0.65–0.56 (54%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  3. Tallinder – Zidlicky15:10

    xG 0.57–0.64 (47%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Martin – Cizikas12:07

    xG 0.25–0.04 (85%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares13:06

    xG 0.56–0.54 (51%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Aucoin – Grabner – Ullstrom6:22

    xG 0.48–0.48 (50%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey8:55

    xG 0.38–0.85 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Strait3:35

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Visnovsky – Strait11:34

    xG 0.42–0.63 (40%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic15:38

    xG 0.44–0.67 (40%)attempts 12–19goals 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 4.4 xGNJD 3.2 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 25/100 · #550 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 69% 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).