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Sun, Jan 12, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Islanders 4, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0919313431
DAL2160609231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:45DALRay WhitneyAssists: Alex Chiasson, Vernon Fiddler · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:12DALSergei GoncharUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:47NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Thomas Vanek, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:44NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:36NYIJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Calvin de Haan, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:08NYIBrock NelsonENAssists: Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.57 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:03DALErik Cole: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:25NYIColin McDonald: Charging2 min
  3. P2 13:04NYIAndrew MacDonald: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 12:38DALRyan Garbutt: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDAL
31Shots on goal31
3.8Expected goals2.9
73Shot attempts60
26Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
33Hits17
12Blocked shots24
2Giveaways11
7Takeaways13

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. bestVanek – Okposo – Tavares17:13

    xG 1.21–0.89 (58%)attempts 25–20goals 3–0

  2. Nielsen – Bailey – Nelson7:32

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 17–4goals 0–1

  3. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas8:13

    xG 0.13–0.57 (18%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

  4. Clutterbuck – Grabner – Strome5:43

    xG 0.03–0.62 (5%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDonovan – de Haan2:06

    xG 0.21–0.05 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Strait – de Haan2:55

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – de Haan3:24

    xG 0.20–0.06 (76%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Eakin – Garbutt10:52

    xG 0.51–0.44 (54%)attempts 12–14goals 0–2

  2. Cole – Benn – Seguin10:23

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – Peverley – Nichushkin7:59

    xG 0.22–0.23 (48%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Fiddler – Chiasson10:03

    xG 0.57–0.83 (41%)attempts 10–10goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Dillon16:19

    xG 0.78–0.37 (68%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Connauton13:19

    xG 0.75–0.87 (46%)attempts 13–23goals 2–0

  3. Daley – Goligoski17:37

    xG 0.98–1.23 (44%)attempts 22–29goals 0–3

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.

DAL 2.9 xGNYI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #297 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 66% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

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

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