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Tue, Jan 14, 2014·BB&T Center, Sunrise

New York Islanders 2, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

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

FLA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI08110115233
FLA31011006426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:32FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Brad Boyes · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:34FLADrew ShoreAssists: Krys Barch, Ed Jovanovski · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:24FLANick BjugstadGWGAssists: Scottie Upshall · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:59FLAScottie UpshallSHAssists: Brian Campbell, Ed Jovanovski · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P2 19:29NYIColin McDonaldAssists: Matt Martin, Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:38NYIThomas VanekAssists: Frans Nielsen, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:59FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Holding2 min
  2. P1 5:57NYIMatt Carkner: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 6:43NYIFrans Nielsen: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 3:47NYICalvin de Haan: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:55FLAMarcel Goc: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 17:26FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 6:21NYICalvin de Haan: High sticking double minor4 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIFLA
33Shots on goal26
2.6Expected goals2.6
59Shot attempts52
32Faceoffs won32
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
37Hits18
11Blocked shots13
4Giveaways6
4Takeaways9

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. bestMcDonald – Martin – Cizikas6:51

    xG 0.40–0.12 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares17:21

    xG 0.90–0.62 (59%)attempts 18–15goals 0–1

  3. Clutterbuck – Grabner – Strome5:24

    xG 0.21–0.04 (84%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  4. Nielsen – Bailey – Nelson7:00

    xG 0.24–0.11 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Donovan2:26

    xG 0.42–0.05 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Carkner – Donovan2:21

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Donovan – de Haan9:29

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestFleischmann – Upshall – Bjugstad8:51

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Barch – Matthias – Shore4:28

    xG 0.10–0.11 (48%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Kopecky – Goc – Huberdeau6:19

    xG 0.10–0.29 (26%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Boyes – Bergenheim – Barkov14:15

    xG 0.55–0.77 (42%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jovanovski – Gudbranson8:57

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Weaver – Kulikov12:25

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  3. Campbell – Gilbert18:34

    xG 0.52–0.92 (36%)attempts 11–18goals 1–2

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.

FLA 2.6 xGNYI 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #445 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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.

FLA winsNYI wins

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

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