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Tue, Jan 21, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

New York Islanders 5, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI11627214537
NYR21218013333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:02NYRRick NashAssists: Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:07NYRRick NashAssists: Dan Girardi, Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:22NYIMatt MartinAssists: John Tavares, Kyle Okposo · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:34NYRChris KreiderPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Brad Richards · Tip-in, 0.40 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:22NYIThomas HickeyAssists: Kyle Okposo, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:36NYIColin McDonaldAssists: John Tavares, Peter Regin · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:22NYIThomas VanekPPGWGAssists: John Tavares, Frans Nielsen · Tip-in, 0.17 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:53NYIFrans NielsenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.66 xG5–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:34NYRMichael Del Zotto: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:57NYICasey Cizikas: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:37NYRBenoit Pouliot: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 0:00NYIKyle Okposo: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 0:10NYRRick Nash: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 6:24NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 8:45NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 11:03NYRBenoit Pouliot: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 5:54NYIJosh Bailey: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 14:25NYRChris Kreider: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINYR
37Shots on goal33
3.8Expected goals3.2
61Shot attempts66
36Faceoffs won32
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
15Hits23
16Blocked shots10
7Giveaways16
4Takeaways7

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. bestNielsen – Regin – Bailey6:11

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares12:51

    xG 1.10–0.99 (53%)attempts 15–20goals 1–2

  3. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas8:26

    xG 0.16–0.04 (78%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Grabner – Nelson5:41

    xG 0.09–0.21 (30%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinek – Hickey11:45

    xG 1.04–0.47 (69%)attempts 12–15goals 2–0

  2. Strait – MacDonald14:25

    xG 0.80–0.36 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Donovan – de Haan13:08

    xG 0.72–0.62 (54%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello8:40

    xG 0.29–0.04 (88%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Stepan – Kreider10:47

    xG 0.81–0.68 (54%)attempts 14–13goals 2–1

  3. Moore – Boyle – Carcillo5:51

    xG 0.03–0.19 (12%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Callahan – Hagelin12:00

    xG 0.44–0.71 (38%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Moore7:29

    xG 0.36–0.22 (62%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – McDonagh2:48

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Stralman11:42

    xG 0.22–0.33 (40%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

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.

NYR 3.2 xGNYI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #206 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 60% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

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

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