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

Detroit Red Wings 4, New York Islanders 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 84% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET2711114010423
NYI19211115061541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:03NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Josh Bailey · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:12DETDarren HelmAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:18DETPavel DatsyukPPAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:50NYICasey CizikasAssists: Colin McDonald, Matt Martin · Backhand, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:23DETJohan FranzenAssists: Darren Helm, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:10NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: John Tavares, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:43NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Aaron Ness · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:17DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Henrik Zetterberg · Backhand, 0.11 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Frans Nielsen scored
  2. 2. DET Henrik Zetterberg stopped
  3. 3. NYI Pierre-Marc Bouchard stopped
  4. 4. DET Pavel Datsyuk stopped
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares stopped
  6. 6. DET Todd Bertuzzi stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:17DETTodd Bertuzzi: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:44NYIMatt Donovan: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:05DETTodd Bertuzzi: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 18:50DETLuke Glendening: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:38DETJohan Franzen: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. OT 1:19DETJonathan Ericsson: Hooking2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
23Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals4.8
41Shot attempts69
29Faceoffs won28
1Power plays6
12Penalty minutes2
32Hits28
20Blocked shots9
11Giveaways11
15Takeaways15

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFranzen – Helm – Tatar11:18

    xG 0.62–0.28 (69%)attempts 9–8goals 2–1

  2. Samuelsson – Miller – Andersson7:06

    xG 0.36–0.07 (83%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader2:05

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Cleary – Abdelkader – Glendening7:12

    xG 0.23–0.40 (37%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson15:36

    xG 0.72–0.43 (63%)attempts 10–11goals 2–2

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser14:13

    xG 0.43–0.56 (43%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Kindl – Lashoff9:52

    xG 0.51–0.67 (43%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Martin – Cizikas6:35

    xG 0.70–0.22 (76%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Grabner – Bailey9:56

    xG 0.62–0.30 (68%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Bouchard – Regin – Clutterbuck2:37

    xG 0.13–0.02 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas2:38

    xG 0.12–0.07 (65%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Ness10:23

    xG 0.91–0.58 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic19:45

    xG 0.76–0.46 (62%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  3. Hickey – Donovan17:12

    xG 0.51–0.82 (38%)attempts 15–10goals 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.

NYI 4.8 xGDET 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #40 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.85 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 84% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

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

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