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Mon, Feb 15, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Detroit Red Wings 1, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 59% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET08011110129
NYI0831618432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:24NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Ryan Strome, Johnny Boychuk · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:57NYIJosh BaileyPPGWGAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Brock Nelson · Snap, 0.45 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:03NYIMarek ZidlickyAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Casey Cizikas · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 9:31DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:14NYIRyan StromeAssists: John Tavares, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.09 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:41NYIJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:54DETHenrik Zetterberg: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:53DETDarren Helm: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:19DETPavel Datsyuk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:24NYIRyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:01NYIThomas Hickey: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 6:19NYIBrock Nelson: Closing hand on puck2 min
  8. P3 6:52DETJustin Abdelkader: Illegal equipment2 min
  9. P3 13:17DETTomas Tatar: Holding2 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 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
29Shots on goal32
3.8Expected goals3.2
61Shot attempts57
18Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
17Hits20
17Blocked shots22
9Giveaways20
10Takeaways14

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 – Tatar – Larkin8:43

    xG 0.73–0.17 (81%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Nyquist3:00

    xG 0.49–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader9:43

    xG 0.53–0.27 (66%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  4. Helm – Sheahan – Glendening6:04

    xG 0.32–0.22 (59%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Smith10:38

    xG 0.87–0.12 (88%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser13:16

    xG 0.95–0.23 (81%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Marchenko – Ouellet9:22

    xG 1.14–0.57 (67%)attempts 12–14goals 1–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Grabovski – Tavares – Strome10:16

    xG 0.68–0.79 (46%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Okposo – Kulemin9:38

    xG 0.05–0.45 (10%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:11

    xG 0.34–0.81 (30%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  4. Bailey – Lee – Nelson7:56

    xG 0.12–0.66 (16%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Hickey9:08

    xG 0.41–0.21 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Hamonic2:49

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Hamonic3:13

    xG 0.14–0.23 (37%)attempts 2–5goals 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 3.2 xGDET 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDET

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 25/100 · #941 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 59% 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).