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Sat, Nov 8, 2014·Gila River Arena, Glendale

New York Islanders 1, Arizona Coyotes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 62% of the time.

ARI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01108114133
ARI050608019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 17:29NYIFrans NielsenGWGAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:00NYIBrock Nelson: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 11:09ARIMikkel Boedker: Holding2 min
  3. P2 14:25NYICal Clutterbuck: Elbowing2 min
  4. P2 17:18ARIJoe Vitale: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:28NYIFrans Nielsen: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 2:34NYIBrian Strait: Interference2 min
  7. P3 13:15ARIB.J. Crombeen: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 18:23NYIBrian Strait: 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIARI
33Shots on goal19
2.4Expected goals1.7
63Shot attempts49
27Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
41Hits20
16Blocked shots13
2Giveaways4
2Takeaways8

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 – Grabovski – Clutterbuck8:04

    xG 0.48–0.05 (91%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Okposo – Kulemin – Tavares11:05

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Boulton – Martin – Cizikas5:44

    xG 0.04–0.01 (78%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Lee – Nelson – Strome8:27

    xG 0.11–0.27 (29%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey11:36

    xG 0.67–0.09 (88%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Strait – Leddy12:04

    xG 0.25–0.09 (74%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – de Haan13:55

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKorpikoski – Gagner – Boedker10:38

    xG 0.36–0.09 (79%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Crombeen – Vitale – McMillan6:05

    xG 0.01–0.08 (11%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Erat – Hanzal – Klinkhammer8:48

    xG 0.10–0.43 (18%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Vermette – Rieder8:35

    xG 0.06–0.44 (11%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Gormley12:00

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson13:01

    xG 0.15–0.31 (32%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Murphy13:48

    xG 0.06–0.68 (8%)attempts 6–20goals 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.

ARI 1.7 xGNYI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARINYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1069 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 62% of the time.

ARI winsNYI wins

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

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