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Tue, Feb 24, 2015·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Arizona Coyotes 1, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 77% of the time.

NYI winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0611408128
NYI012113414539

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:37NYIAnders LeeAssists: Travis Hamonic, Brock Nelson · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:52ARIMark ArcobelloAssists: Martin Erat, David Moss · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:18NYIMatt MartinGWGAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Kael Mouillierat · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:15NYIJohnny BoychukAssists: John Tavares, Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:16NYIKael MouillieratAssists: Colin McDonald, Nikolay Kulemin · Snap, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:10NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Josh Bailey, Colin McDonald · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 11:33ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Boarding2 min
  2. P3 4:15ARIB.J. Crombeen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P3 4:15NYICal Clutterbuck: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P3 10:42NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 18:33NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 19:54NYICal Clutterbuck: Cross checking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARINYI
28Shots on goal39
2.2Expected goals3.9
69Shot attempts72
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
33Hits54
22Blocked shots24
13Giveaways20
13Takeaways21

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Erat – Moss – Arcobello9:36

    xG 0.51–0.55 (48%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Doan – Vermette – Lessio13:57

    xG 0.15–0.46 (24%)attempts 9–16goals 0–2

  3. Korpikoski – Gagner – Rieder11:23

    xG 0.43–0.76 (36%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  4. Crombeen – Chipchura – Martinook8:50

    xG 0.42–0.86 (33%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestReese – Yandle2:38

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  2. Reese – Gormley14:08

    xG 0.56–0.74 (43%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  3. Yandle – Campbell14:47

    xG 0.44–0.96 (32%)attempts 20–16goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Nelson – Strome6:10

    xG 0.70–0.10 (88%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Tavares – Lee – Strome2:30

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  3. McDonald – Martin – Mouillierat2:27

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Clutterbuck – Grabner5:35

    xG 0.31–0.17 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan16:04

    xG 1.09–0.48 (69%)attempts 15–16goals 2–0

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey14:13

    xG 0.75–0.43 (63%)attempts 20–18goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy15:49

    xG 0.78–0.50 (61%)attempts 19–17goals 3–1

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.

NYI 3.9 xGARI 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #825 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 77% of the time.

NYI winsARI wins

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

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