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Thu, Apr 10, 2014·Centre Bell, Montreal

New York Islanders 2, Montréal Canadiens 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 73% of the time.

MTL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01021406230
MTL080605019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:05NYIRyan StromePPGWGAssists: Matt Donovan, Josh Bailey · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:40NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Thomas Hickey, Evgeni Nabokov · Snap, 0.05 xG2–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 2:46NYIBrett Gallant: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 2:46MTLGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 10:52NYIMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 10:52MTLDouglas Murray: Checking from behind5 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:52MTLDouglas Murray: Game misconduct10 min
  6. P2 11:18NYIKevin Czuczman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 18:38MTLThomas Vanek: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 1:05NYIJohn Persson: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 18:37NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 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 SOG0MTL
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIMTL
30Shots on goal19
2.9Expected goals1.7
71Shot attempts45
14Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes22
24Hits8
18Blocked shots23
3Giveaways12
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 – Bailey – Lee10:31

    xG 0.38–0.16 (71%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Nelson – Persson – Strome10:15

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas11:04

    xG 0.61–0.58 (51%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Gallant – Sundstrom – Halmo3:49

    xG 0.25–0.33 (43%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Hamonic18:33

    xG 1.14–0.38 (75%)attempts 28–12goals 0–0

  2. Carkner – Donovan11:18

    xG 0.91–0.31 (75%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Czuczman16:25

    xG 0.18–0.52 (25%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Plekanec – Gallagher8:51

    xG 0.36–0.28 (57%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Bourque – Weise9:05

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Plekanec – Bourque2:20

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. White – Weise – Bournival2:10

    xG 0.05–0.08 (39%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Subban12:03

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Weaver – Gorges2:04

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Subban3:18

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

MTL 1.7 xGNYI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1218 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 73% of the time.

MTL winsNYI wins

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

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