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Tue, Nov 12, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Nashville Predators 1, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 81% of the time.

NYI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH010011112133
NYI2161908333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:30NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:23NYIPierre-Marc BouchardGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:07NYIKyle OkposoAssists: John Tavares, Brock Nelson · Slap, 0.01 xG0–3
  4. P3 14:30NSHPatric HornqvistAssists: David Legwand, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:57NSHRich Clune: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:46NSHRich Clune: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:46NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 10:53NSHDavid Legwand: Elbowing2 min
  5. P1 14:44NSHDavid Legwand: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:35NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 14:32NSHShea Weber: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 10:05NSHRoman Josi: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 17:40NYIAaron Ness: 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← NSH attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Regin won the faceoff against Legwand
  2. P1 20:00Legwand hit Regin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHNYI
33Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals4.6
57Shot attempts77
38Faceoffs won22
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
20Hits15
27Blocked shots16
5Giveaways11
9Takeaways11

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestStalberg – Spaling – Wilson10:07

    xG 0.67–0.35 (66%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  2. Cullen – Legwand – Hornqvist2:08

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Cullen – Beck – Smith3:42

    xG 0.23–0.03 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Hendricks – Beck2:12

    xG 0.03–0.02 (64%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Josi19:54

    xG 1.26–0.88 (59%)attempts 22–24goals 0–1

  2. Klein – Jones17:22

    xG 0.54–0.30 (64%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

  3. Bartley – Ellis6:44

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestOkposo – Tavares – Nelson10:17

    xG 0.41–0.18 (70%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. McDonald – Regin – Grabner8:55

    xG 0.03–0.41 (8%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:41

    xG 0.12–0.54 (18%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Bouchard – Bailey7:56

    xG 0.05–0.59 (8%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Donovan13:21

    xG 0.72–0.47 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  2. Carkner – Ness10:43

    xG 0.26–0.43 (37%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic19:11

    xG 0.38–1.10 (26%)attempts 18–25goals 2–0

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 4.6 xGNSH 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1015 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50NYI 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 81% of the time.

NYI winsNSH wins

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

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