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Mon, Jan 25, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Detroit Red Wings 4, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 74% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1721118426
NYI1110919229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:57DETBrad RichardsPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk · Snap, 0.37 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:33NYIBrock NelsonAssists: John Tavares · Slap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:29DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Dylan Larkin · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:40DETDanny DeKeyserGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:12NYIMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Matt Martin, Brian Strait · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:15DETLuke GlendeningENAssists: Darren Helm, Kyle Quincey · Wrist, 0.78 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 4:41DETJonathan Ericsson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:30NYIBrock Nelson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:26DETMike Green: Interference2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
26Shots on goal29
3.9Expected goals2.5
47Shot attempts58
17Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
12Hits15
18Blocked shots9
8Giveaways8
7Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Datsyuk – Helm10:28

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  2. Tangradi – Jurco – Glendening6:07

    xG 0.40–0.08 (83%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Helm – Glendening2:28

    xG 0.07–0.18 (27%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin9:56

    xG 0.26–0.44 (37%)attempts 4–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser18:39

    xG 0.76–0.31 (71%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Green – Smith9:23

    xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Marchenko2:19

    xG 0.09–0.15 (39%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Nelson – Strome12:33

    xG 0.81–0.41 (66%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  2. Grabovski – Kulemin – Lee4:52

    xG 0.28–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:09

    xG 0.18–0.10 (65%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey10:43

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan8:48

    xG 0.58–0.21 (74%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Zidlicky – de Haan7:47

    xG 0.32–0.12 (73%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Hamonic7:56

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 9–3goals 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 2.5 xGDET 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #656 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 74% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

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

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