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Sat, Nov 15, 2014·Amalie Arena, Tampa

New York Islanders 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 71% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2110709227
TBL31311015528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:41NYIBrock NelsonAssists: John Tavares, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:41TBLRyan CallahanAssists: Jason Garrison, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:22NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Nick Leddy · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P1 13:46TBLValtteri FilppulaPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P1 15:29TBLCedric PaquetteGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 1:39TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Ondrej Palat, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:34TBLRadko GudasAssists: Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:19TBLRadko Gudas: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:44NYITravis Hamonic: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:34NYIRyan Strome: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:45TBLOndrej Palat: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 9:11TBLAlex Killorn: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 10:15NYIAnders Lee: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 12:22TBLSteven Stamkos: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 19:48TBLCedric Paquette: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:48NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 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 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stamkos won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITBL
27Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals1.5
51Shot attempts41
24Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
30Hits21
8Blocked shots12
5Giveaways8
7Takeaways6

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. bestLee – Nelson – Strome8:24

    xG 0.42–0.29 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Grabovski – Kulemin11:07

    xG 0.73–0.68 (52%)attempts 13–16goals 0–2

  3. Okposo – Bailey – Tavares13:15

    xG 0.23–0.27 (45%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Cizikas – Conacher8:07

    xG 0.02–0.08 (20%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy13:54

    xG 0.88–0.16 (85%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey13:36

    xG 0.24–0.40 (37%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  3. Hamonic – de Haan16:33

    xG 0.45–0.64 (41%)attempts 11–19goals 1–3

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Stamkos13:55

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Namestnikov – Paquette8:34

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Morrow – Boyle – Brown7:33

    xG 0.12–0.24 (33%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov10:32

    xG 0.47–0.64 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Sustr13:23

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 2–1

  2. Brewer – Gudas13:48

    xG 0.30–0.54 (36%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  3. Carle – Stralman14:19

    xG 0.21–0.65 (24%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

TBL 1.5 xGNYI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #515 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 71% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

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

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