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Sun, Jan 17, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Vancouver Canucks 2, New York Islanders 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 78% of the time.

NYI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN0511204051226
NYI011013122020148

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:46VANBen HuttonAssists: Daniel Sedin, Jared McCann · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:09NYIRyan StromeAssists: Nick Leddy, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  2. 2. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  3. 3. NYI Kyle Okposo stopped
  4. 4. VAN Radim Vrbata scored
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:42NYIMatt Martin: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 18:16VANMatt Bartkowski: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 18:16NYIMikhail Grabovski: Boarding5 min
  4. P1 18:16NYIMikhail Grabovski: Game misconduct10 min
  5. P1 19:54VANAlex Biega: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 19:54VANJared McCann: High sticking2 min
  7. P1 19:54NYIRyan Strome: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 3:45NYIMarek Zidlicky: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 5:50VANDerek Dorsett: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 12:45NYIRyan Strome: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 4:44VANJared McCann: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNYI
26Shots on goal48
4.0Expected goals6.3
51Shot attempts94
33Faceoffs won36
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes23
26Hits29
18Blocked shots15
8Giveaways15
10Takeaways12

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Hansen – McCann5:04

    xG 0.27–0.19 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Hansen – Horvat2:16

    xG 0.08–0.08 (50%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Prust – Dorsett – McCann4:01

    xG 0.14–0.21 (40%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen4:09

    xG 0.01–0.37 (3%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Biega – Bartkowski10:14

    xG 0.87–0.99 (47%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  2. Sbisa – Hutton11:50

    xG 0.38–0.86 (31%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Tanev14:43

    xG 0.32–0.91 (26%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Nelson – Strome3:52

    xG 0.48–0.08 (85%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Grabovski – Tavares – Strome5:10

    xG 0.66–0.33 (67%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Kulemin4:27

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Nelson4:34

    xG 0.31–0.08 (80%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Leddy16:42

    xG 1.36–0.60 (69%)attempts 32–15goals 0–1

  2. Zidlicky – Hickey12:59

    xG 1.01–0.58 (63%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Strait – Mayfield10:03

    xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 14–8goals 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 6.3 xGVAN 4.0 xG
0246P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #486 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 78% of the time.

NYI winsVAN wins

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

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