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Sat, Mar 16, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

New York Islanders 4, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 72% of the time.

FLA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2916110425
FLA0906315330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:26NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Frans Nielsen, Andrew MacDonald · Slap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:59NYIRadek MartinekAssists: Mark Streit, Marty Reasoner · Snap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:33NYIBrad BoyesAssists: John Tavares, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:09FLATJ BrennanAssists: Mike Santorelli, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:43FLAMarcel GocAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Tomas Kopecky · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:52FLAMike SantorelliAssists: Jack Skille, Brian Campbell · Tip-in, 0.20 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:55NYICasey CizikasGWGAssists: Colin McDonald, Keith Aucoin · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 2:24NYIMarty Reasoner: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:36FLAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:36NYIEric Boulton: Fighting5 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 SOG0FLA
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Matthias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIFLA
25Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals3.4
49Shot attempts66
27Faceoffs won24
0Power plays1
7Penalty minutes5
40Hits26
17Blocked shots17
4Giveaways7
1Takeaways5

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. bestNielsen – Okposo – Bailey12:19

    xG 0.29–0.18 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Boulton – Reasoner – Martin3:38

    xG 0.04–0.04 (51%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares15:51

    xG 0.65–0.68 (49%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  4. Aucoin – McDonald – Cizikas9:22

    xG 0.27–0.70 (27%)attempts 8–19goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey17:57

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 17–9goals 2–1

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic18:53

    xG 0.69–0.90 (43%)attempts 18–25goals 1–0

  3. Martinek – Streit16:16

    xG 0.31–1.45 (18%)attempts 13–22goals 1–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSantorelli – Skille – Matthias2:54

    xG 0.57–0.10 (85%)attempts 7–4goals 1–1

  2. Kopecky – Goc – Fleischmann5:55

    xG 0.58–0.16 (78%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Mueller – Shore – Huberdeau15:06

    xG 0.68–0.30 (69%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  4. Goc – Fleischmann – Santorelli6:58

    xG 0.18–0.16 (52%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Brennan6:22

    xG 0.89–0.05 (94%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Kuba – Strachan4:31

    xG 0.65–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 2–0

  3. Kuba – Campbell15:38

    xG 0.58–0.45 (57%)attempts 14–16goals 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.

FLA 3.4 xGNYI 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #108 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 72% of the time.

FLA winsNYI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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