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Sat, Feb 6, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

New York Islanders 1, Detroit Red Wings 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 51% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01009110129
DET2521213520

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:25DETTomas JurcoAssists: Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:03DETKyle QuinceyGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:32DETMike GreenPPAssists: Brad Richards, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:20DETTomas TatarAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Gustav Nyquist · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–4
  5. P3 2:56DETDylan LarkinAssists: Brad Richards, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–5
  6. P3 4:07NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Kyle Okposo, Nick Leddy · Slap, 0.04 xG1–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:12DETTomas Tatar: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 17:46NYIBrock Nelson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 17:46DETMike Green: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:45DETDanny DeKeyser: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:36NYICalvin de Haan: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:13NYIJohnny Boychuk: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 11:50DETRiley Sheahan: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:18DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:10NYIMatt Martin: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 11:44DETTomas Tatar: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
47% to win54% to win
← NYI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDET
29Shots on goal20
1.4Expected goals1.4
57Shot attempts40
24Faceoffs won22
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
25Hits16
10Blocked shots14
6Giveaways8
2Takeaways5

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabovski – Kulemin – Strome2:30

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Okposo – Tavares – Nelson2:06

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Bailey – Lee2:08

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Kulemin7:23

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy12:19

    xG 0.30–0.03 (90%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – Hickey11:47

    xG 0.19–0.33 (37%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Hamonic – de Haan16:24

    xG 0.30–0.53 (36%)attempts 13–16goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Tatar – Athanasiou6:19

    xG 0.42–0.07 (85%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Sheahan – Jurco – Glendening6:49

    xG 0.13–0.05 (73%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Helm – Larkin7:10

    xG 0.16–0.16 (49%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader11:10

    xG 0.19–0.25 (44%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Marchenko2:12

    xG 0.12–0.02 (84%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser13:07

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Green – DeKeyser2:21

    xG 0.08–0.06 (58%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

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.

DET 1.4 xGNYI 1.4 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1060 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 51% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

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

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