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Tue, Nov 3, 2015·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

New Jersey Devils 1, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0801115124
NYI112011111234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:23NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Anders Lee, Marek Zidlicky · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:03NJDTravis ZajacPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Eric Gelinas · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:48NYICasey CizikasGWGAssists: Matt Martin, Brian Strait · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 2:07NYIJosh Bailey: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:27NJDJacob Josefson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:45NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:16NYIAnders Lee: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 14:56NJDJordin Tootoo: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:56NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 2:28NYIBrian Strait: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:40NYIMatt Martin: Too many men on the ice2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
24Shots on goal34
2.8Expected goals3.2
57Shot attempts58
31Faceoffs won26
5Power plays1
4Penalty minutes12
26Hits63
15Blocked shots25
10Giveaways11
14Takeaways12

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTootoo – Josefson – O'Neill9:56

    xG 0.92–0.62 (60%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  2. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique12:19

    xG 0.56–0.27 (67%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Palmieri – Kalinin12:01

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Farnham – O'Neill3:50

    xG 0.13–0.25 (34%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Larsson16:22

    xG 1.12–0.64 (64%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

  2. Moore – Merrill2:59

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

  3. Schlemko – Gelinas3:29

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Nelson – Strome11:06

    xG 0.73–0.23 (76%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Bernier – Grabovski – Kulemin9:34

    xG 0.13–0.14 (49%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey11:14

    xG 0.47–0.48 (49%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:29

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy16:49

    xG 0.61–0.54 (53%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – de Haan15:37

    xG 0.30–0.53 (36%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Strait13:33

    xG 0.75–1.07 (41%)attempts 17–19goals 2–0

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.

NYI 3.2 xGNJD 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #801 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 57% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

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

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