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Tue, Mar 3, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Islanders 2, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI118091901237
DAL090132914335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:25NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Ryan Strome, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:24DALBrett RitchieAssists: Jyrki Jokipakka, Cody Eakin · Snap, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:28DALVernon FiddlerAssists: Ryan Garbutt, Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:58NYIAnders LeeUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:18DALCody EakinGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, John Klingberg · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:48NYIMatt Martin: Kneeing5 min
  2. P1 1:48NYIMatt Martin: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P1 13:21DALJohn Klingberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:49NYIAnders Lee: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 14:21NYICal Clutterbuck: Delaying game2 min
  6. P2 16:31NYIThomas Hickey: Delaying game2 min
  7. P3 7:46DALJohn Klingberg: Concealing puck2 min
  8. P3 16:38NYIRyan Strome: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 17:18DALBrett Ritchie: Slashing2 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDAL
37Shots on goal35
3.6Expected goals4.3
73Shot attempts85
30Faceoffs won39
3Power plays5
23Penalty minutes6
32Hits27
23Blocked shots19
8Giveaways13
3Takeaways5

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. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee11:54

    xG 1.13–0.41 (73%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Grabner – Nelson2:20

    xG 0.19–0.08 (69%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Kulemin – Nelson2:50

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Grabner – Strome2:55

    xG 0.01–0.23 (6%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan11:07

    xG 0.75–0.39 (66%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey12:38

    xG 0.45–0.61 (43%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy11:21

    xG 0.37–0.88 (30%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Hemsky – Benn4:41

    xG 0.53–0.06 (90%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  2. Fiddler – Roussel – Garbutt2:33

    xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Horcoff – McKenzie – Ritchie4:15

    xG 0.34–0.04 (90%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Eaves – Benn2:08

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg14:22

    xG 1.11–0.84 (57%)attempts 29–20goals 1–0

  2. Demers – Benn12:01

    xG 0.51–0.36 (58%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Jokipakka9:34

    xG 0.52–0.71 (43%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

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.

DAL 4.3 xGNYI 3.6 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 83/100 · #182 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

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

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