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Wed, Dec 31, 2014·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 5, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI21211328533
WPG0711115223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:04NYIRyan StromeAssists: Anders Lee, Nick Leddy · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:16NYIFrans NielsenPPAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:41WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Blake Wheeler, Paul Postma · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:27NYIFrans NielsenGWGAssists: Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 0:47WPGAndrew LaddPPAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Bryan Little · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:35NYIAnders LeeAssists: Ryan Strome, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.26 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:28NYIJosh BaileyENAssists: Travis Hamonic, Calvin de Haan · Snap, 0.63 xG5–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:34WPGAndrew Ladd: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 4:56NYICalvin de Haan: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:43NYIMikhail Grabovski: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P1 16:30WPGJay Harrison: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:00WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 2:40NYICal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min
  7. P2 5:32WPGBlake Wheeler: Interference2 min
  8. P2 19:18NYIMikhail Grabovski: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 7:38WPGMathieu Perreault: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 13:54WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  11. P3 18:27WPGDustin Byfuglien: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
33Shots on goal23
3.6Expected goals2.4
58Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won30
7Power plays4
8Penalty minutes14
15Hits24
16Blocked shots18
15Giveaways14
7Takeaways10

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 – Lee – Strome6:25

    xG 1.14–0.17 (87%)attempts 13–4goals 3–0

  2. Grabovski – Kulemin – Nelson6:58

    xG 0.59–0.13 (82%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Okposo – Bailey – Tavares12:09

    xG 0.58–0.24 (71%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:43

    xG 0.21–0.29 (43%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy8:30

    xG 1.18–0.18 (87%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Hamonic – de Haan13:38

    xG 0.87–0.39 (69%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  3. Visnovsky – Hickey9:37

    xG 0.53–0.16 (77%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Slater – Galiardi – Peluso3:01

    xG 0.11–0.12 (49%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Frolik – Perreault – Scheifele10:18

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little11:20

    xG 0.24–0.40 (38%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  4. Galiardi – Halischuk – Lowry3:17

    xG 0.11–0.40 (22%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClitsome – Postma2:06

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Harrison – Clitsome11:14

    xG 0.35–0.53 (40%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Chiarot13:03

    xG 0.36–0.89 (28%)attempts 12–16goals 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.

WPG 2.4 xGNYI 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #497 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 70% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

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

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