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Thu, Mar 14, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

New York Islanders 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0131917229
TBL060606018

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:22NYIJohn TavaresPPGWGAssists: Matt Moulson, Brad Boyes · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:20NYIBrad BoyesENAssists: Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.64 xG2–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 9:55TBLAlex Killorn: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 17:38NYIMark Streit: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 11:31NYIFrans Nielsen: Holding2 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 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITBL
29Shots on goal18
2.0Expected goals1.2
49Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won22
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
17Hits26
15Blocked shots12
9Giveaways7
6Takeaways5

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. bestAucoin – Ullstrom – Cizikas12:18

    xG 0.33–0.16 (68%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Boulton – Reasoner – Martin6:41

    xG 0.23–0.06 (80%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey13:34

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares14:52

    xG 0.49–0.50 (49%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey11:56

    xG 0.55–0.35 (62%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic19:36

    xG 0.22–0.09 (71%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Martinek – Streit17:34

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 20–17goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMalone – Crombeen – Thompson11:55

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos3:19

    xG 0.08–0.03 (75%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Conacher2:27

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. St. Louis – Killorn – Stamkos11:23

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Gudas7:59

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Gudas2:39

    xG 0.10–0.10 (51%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Carle2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 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.

TBL 1.2 xGNYI 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #679 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TBL 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 67% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

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

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