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Tue, Dec 15, 2015·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Florida Panthers 5, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

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

NYI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0231025517
NYI0191906134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:51FLAReilly SmithAssists: Dylan Olsen, Jussi Jokinen · Slap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:25FLAAleksander BarkovGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:37NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Mikhail Grabovski · Tip-in, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:57FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Brandon Pirri, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:23FLAVincent TrocheckAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:17FLAJonathan HuberdeauENAssists: Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.73 xG5–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:56NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:16NYIKyle Okposo: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 14:51FLAQuinton Howden: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:43FLAJussi Jokinen: Embellishment2 min
  5. P1 17:43NYIKyle Okposo: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 18:03FLADmitry Kulikov: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 3:05FLADmitry Kulikov: Holding2 min
  8. P3 11:28NYIKyle Okposo: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 15:04FLAVincent Trocheck: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYI
17Shots on goal34
2.8Expected goals4.1
30Shot attempts62
33Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits23
10Blocked shots7
8Giveaways12
4Takeaways5

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Smith – Trocheck9:35

    xG 0.75–0.43 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Pirri – Huberdeau – Barkov12:04

    xG 0.72–0.65 (53%)attempts 6–17goals 2–0

  3. Thornton – Knight – Brickley6:32

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Howden – Shaw – Grimaldi10:09

    xG 0.17–0.70 (20%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOlsen – Gudbranson12:41

    xG 0.83–0.50 (63%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  2. Kulikov – Ekblad13:11

    xG 0.69–0.47 (59%)attempts 7–10goals 2–1

  3. Mitchell – Campbell12:31

    xG 0.42–0.75 (36%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestOkposo – Tavares – Nelson8:20

    xG 0.83–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Grabovski – Kulemin – Nelson3:55

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Bailey – Lee4:57

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  4. Okposo – Bailey – Tavares4:44

    xG 0.13–0.08 (63%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Hickey9:33

    xG 0.56–0.02 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – de Haan8:51

    xG 0.76–0.46 (62%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy4:10

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

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 4.1 xGFLA 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #877 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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.

NYI winsFLA wins

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

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