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Wed, Nov 5, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Islanders 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 63% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI11211001113336
ANA0421601301234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:38NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Calvin de Haan, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:10NYIKyle OkposoPPAssists: Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:15ANAMatt BeleskeyPPAssists: Ryan Kesler, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.43 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:51ANAEmerson EtemAssists: Cam Fowler, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:18NYIJohn TavaresPPGWGAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:28ANASami Vatanen: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:37NYIBrock Nelson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:34ANAJakob Silfverberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:21NYIThomas Hickey: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. OT 1:25ANASami Vatanen: Elbowing2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIANA
36Shots on goal34
3.0Expected goals3.7
68Shot attempts67
33Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
33Hits31
16Blocked shots17
13Giveaways13
9Takeaways11

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. bestOkposo – Kulemin – Tavares15:21

    xG 0.82–0.50 (62%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Boulton – Martin – Strome6:38

    xG 0.09–0.26 (25%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Grabovski – Lee10:51

    xG 0.14–0.32 (30%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Nelson – Conacher11:14

    xG 0.25–0.72 (26%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan17:46

    xG 0.71–0.61 (54%)attempts 25–16goals 1–0

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey17:07

    xG 0.39–0.98 (28%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy16:10

    xG 0.40–1.02 (28%)attempts 19–21goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Beleskey9:08

    xG 0.96–0.21 (82%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Smith-Pelly – Etem – Rakell4:47

    xG 0.52–0.12 (82%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  3. Jackman – Etem – Rakell5:12

    xG 0.34–0.07 (82%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Jackman – Thompson – Maroon7:02

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm18:05

    xG 1.31–0.42 (76%)attempts 21–19goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Vatanen2:06

    xG 0.14–0.03 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Stoner – Manson13:03

    xG 0.32–0.30 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

ANA 3.7 xGNYI 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #382 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 63% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

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

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