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Mon, Mar 10, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Islanders 7, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0607715728
VAN1112815424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:46VANChris HigginsPPAssists: Yannick Weber, Jason Garrison · Backhand, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:52VANHenrik SedinAssists: Nicklas Jensen, Tom Sestito · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:53VANRyan KeslerPPAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 1:13NYIJosh BaileyPPAssists: Brock Nelson, Matt Donovan · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:14NYIRyan StromePPAssists: Kyle Okposo, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:36NYICalvin de HaanPPAssists: Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 6:22NYIFrans NielsenAssists: Anders Lee, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 9:54VANChris TanevAssists: Chris Higgins, Jannik Hansen · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–4
  9. P3 10:04NYIMatt MartinGWGAssists: Colin McDonald · Backhand, 0.04 xG5–4
  10. P3 11:45NYIAnders LeeAssists: Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.12 xG6–4
  11. P3 19:42NYICal ClutterbuckENAssists: Josh Bailey, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.46 xG7–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:10NYILubomir Visnovsky: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 5:38VANTom Sestito: Kneeing2 min
  3. P1 13:56NYIMatt Donovan: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:03VANYannick Weber: Boarding2 min
  5. P1 19:38NYICalvin de Haan: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 7:30NYIBrock Nelson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 9:26VANShawn Matthias: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 19:19VANNicklas Jensen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 1:41VANNicklas Jensen: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 2:24VANKevin Bieksa: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  11. P3 4:21VANTom Sestito: Boarding2 min
  12. P3 19:42VANRyan Kesler: Misconduct10 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackVAN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIVAN
28Shots on goal24
2.6Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won32
7Power plays4
8Penalty minutes24
31Hits20
13Blocked shots17
5Giveaways13
9Takeaways5

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. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas2:40

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Bailey – Nelson3:02

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Lee – Strome5:17

    xG 0.29–0.25 (53%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Grabner4:33

    xG 0.02–0.00 (90%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Donovan3:33

    xG 0.35–0.07 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey8:09

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Strait – Hickey2:34

    xG 0.14–0.06 (70%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Kesler – Hansen8:38

    xG 0.59–0.23 (72%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Dalpe – Schroeder – Archibald2:51

    xG 0.17–0.03 (85%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Burrows – Jensen8:53

    xG 0.22–0.47 (32%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. Booth – Sestito – Matthias7:06

    xG 0.07–0.34 (16%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Tanev8:58

    xG 0.51–0.26 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Edler12:22

    xG 0.67–0.47 (59%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  3. Weber – Garrison14:44

    xG 0.06–0.46 (12%)attempts 4–10goals 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.

VAN 2.9 xGNYI 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #13 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

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

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