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Thu, Apr 4, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

New York Islanders 1, Washington Capitals 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI05014114030136
WSH150709011222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:47WSHMike GreenAssists: Marcus Johansson, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 15:01NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Frans Nielsen, Josh Bailey · Slap, 0.11 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. WSH Matt Hendricks stopped
  2. 2. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  3. 3. WSH Alex Ovechkin scored
  4. 4. NYI Brad Boyes stopped
  5. 5. WSH Mike Ribeiro stopped
  6. 6. NYI John Tavares stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 11:06NYIAndrew MacDonald: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 14:15WSHMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 15:20NYIBrad Boyes: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:18NYITravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:18WSHTroy Brouwer: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 17:08WSHMike Green: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWSH
36Shots on goal22
2.2Expected goals2.0
59Shot attempts50
22Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits28
16Blocked shots15
6Giveaways12
8Takeaways9

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 – Bailey10:52

    xG 0.66–0.29 (69%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Reasoner – Martin – Cizikas8:38

    xG 0.22–0.21 (50%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Aucoin – McDonald – Grabner7:25

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares10:44

    xG 0.09–0.33 (22%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey15:13

    xG 0.75–0.43 (64%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Martinek – Streit16:08

    xG 0.49–0.44 (53%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic16:30

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Backstrom – Johansson13:52

    xG 0.61–0.08 (88%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Erat – Ward – Perreault10:53

    xG 0.43–0.18 (71%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Fehr – Beagle6:01

    xG 0.10–0.21 (33%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Ward – Hendricks – Perreault2:25

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Alzner18:13

    xG 0.67–0.61 (52%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  2. Hillen – Carlson15:50

    xG 0.41–0.52 (44%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  3. Erskine – Oleksy13:32

    xG 0.20–0.40 (34%)attempts 7–14goals 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.

WSH 2.0 xGNYI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #374 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 52% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).