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Thu, Mar 3, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI061102912427
WPG115052900329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:13WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Dustin Byfuglien · Tip-in, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:01NYICalvin de HaanAssists: Travis Hamonic, Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:32NYIShane PrinceAssists: Kyle Okposo, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:56WPGTyler MyersAssists: Alexander Burmistrov, Drew Stafford · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:57WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:31NYIAnders LeeAssists: Nick Leddy, Frans Nielsen · Deflected, 0.19 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:20NYIKyle OkposoGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:19NYIShane Prince: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:36WPGAlexander Burmistrov: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:46NYIJohnny Boychuk: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:17WPGDrew Stafford: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:01NYIRyan Strome: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:48WPGBlake Wheeler: Holding2 min
  7. P2 14:54NYIJosh Bailey: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 16:54WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 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 SOG0WPG
47% to win54% to win
← NYI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
27Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals1.6
42Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
15Hits22
17Blocked shots6
14Giveaways8
3Takeaways5

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. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:49

    xG 0.37–0.08 (82%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Nelson – Strome12:01

    xG 0.66–0.38 (64%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Kulemin – Lee – Prince7:43

    xG 0.07–0.16 (30%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Bailey9:00

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan13:47

    xG 0.64–0.38 (63%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  2. Hickey – Pulock9:57

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy13:04

    xG 0.11–0.10 (53%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Stafford – Perreault – Burmistrov10:53

    xG 0.27–0.38 (42%)attempts 17–3goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:19

    xG 0.50–0.60 (45%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Armia – Dano10:00

    xG 0.06–0.33 (15%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Postma – Chiarot9:28

    xG 0.21–0.18 (55%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Trouba15:32

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien14:28

    xG 0.31–0.73 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 1–2

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.

WPG 1.6 xGNYI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #47 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.09 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 66% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).