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Sat, Oct 25, 2014·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Dallas Stars 5, New York Islanders 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 65% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL11039112531
NYI2821338729

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:11NYIAnders LeeAssists: Thomas Hickey, Brock Nelson · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:25DALVernon FiddlerAssists: Patrick Eaves · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:42NYINikolay KuleminSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:25NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Ryan Strome, Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–3
  5. P2 5:25DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jason Spezza, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P2 6:50DALJason SpezzaPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Tyler Seguin · Slap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P2 15:50DALAntoine RousselAssists: Alex Goligoski, Ryan Garbutt · Wrist, 0.39 xG4–3
  8. P2 16:20NYILubomir VisnovskyAssists: Kyle Okposo, Cory Conacher · Slap, 0.02 xG4–4
  9. P3 9:39NYIFrans NielsenAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Mikhail Grabovski · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–5
  10. P3 15:09NYIFrans NielsenGWGAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–6
  11. P3 15:32DALShawn HorcoffAssists: Erik Cole, Colton Sceviour · Backhand, 0.11 xG5–6
  12. P3 19:59NYIFrans NielsenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG5–7
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:27NYIBrian Strait: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:49NYIThomas Hickey: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:43DALShawn Horcoff: Interference2 min
  4. P2 6:20NYICasey Cizikas: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:29DALPatrick Eaves: Interference2 min
  6. P2 12:51NYINick Leddy: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:53NYIMatt Martin: Hooking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYI
31Shots on goal29
3.3Expected goals4.3
54Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won36
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
21Hits39
9Blocked shots13
9Giveaways13
5Takeaways17

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Eakin – Garbutt10:43

    xG 0.87–0.53 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Horcoff – Sceviour8:17

    xG 0.36–0.43 (45%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Hemsky – Fiddler – Eaves8:01

    xG 0.47–0.55 (46%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  4. Spezza – Benn – Seguin11:10

    xG 0.43–1.16 (27%)attempts 8–13goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Dillon16:16

    xG 0.64–0.40 (62%)attempts 19–8goals 2–0

  2. Jokipakka – Oleksiak11:06

    xG 0.55–0.36 (60%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Goligoski15:33

    xG 1.08–1.23 (47%)attempts 12–18goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:12

    xG 0.80–0.29 (73%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Lee – Nelson – Strome7:28

    xG 0.93–0.54 (63%)attempts 7–9goals 2–1

  3. Nielsen – Grabovski – Kulemin9:19

    xG 0.52–0.27 (66%)attempts 9–5goals 2–1

  4. Okposo – Tavares – Conacher12:22

    xG 0.65–1.01 (39%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey16:15

    xG 1.18–0.49 (71%)attempts 12–14goals 3–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy11:53

    xG 0.59–0.71 (45%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  3. Strait – de Haan12:21

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 6–15goals 0–2

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.

NYI 4.3 xGDAL 3.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #16 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.51 · 12 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 65% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

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

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