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Wed, Dec 2, 2015·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

New York Rangers 1, New York Islanders 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 63% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR0131906060134
NYI06116012031237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:22NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Kyle Okposo, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:37NYRViktor StalbergAssists: Marc Staal, Dominic Moore · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Kyle Okposo scored
  2. 2. NYR Rick Nash stopped
  3. 3. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  4. 4. NYR Mats Zuccarello stopped
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares stopped
  6. 6. NYR Dan Boyle stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:57NYIMikhail Grabovski: Interference2 min
  2. P2 7:48NYIJosh Bailey: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:58NYRKeith Yandle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:05NYRDan Girardi: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. OT 1:12NYIJohn Tavares: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. OT 3:19NYRKeith Yandle: Roughing2 min
  7. OT 3:19NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
34Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals3.0
74Shot attempts67
27Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
52Hits52
20Blocked shots24
10Giveaways13
7Takeaways9

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGlass – Lindberg – Miller9:03

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Stoll – Moore – Stalberg12:43

    xG 0.14–0.09 (61%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Hayes – Fast10:11

    xG 0.29–0.53 (36%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello10:27

    xG 0.11–0.89 (11%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – McIlrath2:02

    xG 0.16–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Girardi3:31

    xG 0.18–0.07 (73%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – McIlrath8:45

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Bailey – Lee10:16

    xG 0.61–0.27 (69%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Okposo – Tavares – Nelson14:36

    xG 0.51–0.42 (55%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:36

    xG 0.22–0.16 (58%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Grabovski – Kulemin – Strome7:43

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Leddy19:59

    xG 1.05–0.38 (73%)attempts 23–18goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – de Haan14:54

    xG 0.64–0.49 (57%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Hickey13:21

    xG 0.22–0.36 (38%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

NYI 3.0 xGNYR 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #773 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 63% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

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