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Fri, Dec 19, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

New York Islanders 2, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 83% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1911607232
DET160705118

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:49DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Darren Helm, Tomas Tatar · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:03NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Lubomir Visnovsky, Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.47 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:41NYIAnders LeeGWGAssists: Brock Nelson · Backhand, 0.03 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:35NYICal Clutterbuck: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:38DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:03DETTomas Tatar: Holding2 min
  4. P2 19:26NYICal Clutterbuck: Elbowing2 min
  5. P3 16:25DETJustin Abdelkader: 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zetterberg won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDET
32Shots on goal18
3.9Expected goals1.8
48Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits25
15Blocked shots10
6Giveaways7
6Takeaways4

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 – Strome8:50

    xG 0.71–0.33 (68%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  2. Okposo – Bailey – Tavares10:51

    xG 0.66–0.38 (64%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Grabovski – Kulemin10:21

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:16

    xG 0.02–0.31 (6%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey15:28

    xG 1.24–0.62 (67%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Boychuk – Leddy14:20

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – de Haan15:01

    xG 0.38–0.52 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFranzen – Sheahan – Jurco8:37

    xG 0.49–0.07 (87%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist2:40

    xG 0.26–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist8:46

    xG 0.06–0.08 (43%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Andersson – Glendening6:28

    xG 0.09–0.14 (41%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser15:20

    xG 0.64–0.31 (68%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Ouellet16:44

    xG 0.45–0.17 (72%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson13:36

    xG 0.43–1.03 (30%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

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.

DET 1.8 xGNYI 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #935 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DET 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 83% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

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

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