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Fri, Nov 29, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Detroit Red Wings 5, New York Islanders 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 51% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1919312530
NYI01207010029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:09DETDarren HelmGWGAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Brendan Smith · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:49DETDarren HelmSHAssists: Daniel Cleary, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:12DETDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–0
  4. P3 6:12DETGustav NyquistAssists: Johan Franzen, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–0
  5. P3 16:13DETDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.36 xG5–0
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 2:57NYIRadek Martinek: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 14:06NYICasey Cizikas: Interference2 min
  3. P2 16:03DETJustin Abdelkader: Interference2 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 Helm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
30Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals3.1
50Shot attempts59
32Faceoffs won26
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
12Hits34
17Blocked shots10
10Giveaways11
3Takeaways11

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. bestMiller – Andersson – Tatar9:21

    xG 0.65–0.27 (71%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Abdelkader – Helm12:52

    xG 1.04–0.73 (59%)attempts 14–11goals 3–0

  3. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist14:56

    xG 0.73–1.03 (42%)attempts 16–20goals 1–0

  4. Cleary – Samuelsson – Weiss9:16

    xG 0.16–0.59 (22%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson13:58

    xG 1.43–0.81 (64%)attempts 21–14goals 2–0

  2. Quincey – Smith17:22

    xG 0.44–0.68 (39%)attempts 13–19goals 1–0

  3. Kindl – Lashoff14:20

    xG 0.48–0.78 (38%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBouchard – Regin – Nelson6:21

    xG 0.70–0.27 (72%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Okposo – Grabner8:59

    xG 0.52–0.26 (66%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

  3. Vanek – Clutterbuck – Tavares7:36

    xG 0.60–0.37 (62%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Regin – Clutterbuck – Grabner2:59

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic17:34

    xG 1.21–1.09 (53%)attempts 26–19goals 0–1

  2. Carkner – Ness11:47

    xG 0.78–0.67 (54%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  3. Martinek – Hickey14:14

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 13–5goals 0–2

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 3.1 xGDET 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 4/100 · #1124 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 51% 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).