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Mon, Apr 4, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL010212012234
NYI19310117536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:18NYIRyan PulockAssists: Kyle Okposo, John Tavares · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:08TBLAlex KillornAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Matt Carle · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:00NYIMatt MartinAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:23NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:15NYIJohn TavaresPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, Kyle Okposo · Slap, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P2 19:53TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Matt Carle, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 4:28NYIJohnny BoychukAssists: John Tavares · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:38NYIMarek Zidlicky: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:21NYIKyle Okposo: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 6:21TBLNikita Nesterov: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 10:53NYIBrock Nelson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 16:43NYIRyan Pulock: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 16:43TBLCedric Paquette: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 19:50TBLTyler Johnson: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 15:53TBLJT Brown: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 2:10NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 10:17NYIThomas Hickey: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYI
34Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals2.8
64Shot attempts53
25Faceoffs won22
4Power plays2
11Penalty minutes15
24Hits38
8Blocked shots19
8Giveaways7
10Takeaways8

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyle – Blunden – Condra6:22

    xG 0.36–0.19 (66%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov11:18

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Filppula – Callahan – Paquette9:42

    xG 0.30–0.51 (37%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Killorn – Namestnikov – Brown9:54

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Coburn – Sustr3:23

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Hedman12:28

    xG 0.46–0.53 (47%)attempts 16–6goals 1–1

  3. Garrison – Sustr12:01

    xG 0.24–0.32 (42%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Okposo – Tavares10:46

    xG 0.66–0.02 (97%)attempts 16–2goals 2–0

  2. Lee – Prince – Strome7:45

    xG 0.55–0.27 (67%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Kulemin – Bailey – Nelson7:39

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:42

    xG 0.21–0.31 (40%)attempts 3–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Pulock6:17

    xG 0.68–0.21 (76%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy12:38

    xG 0.59–0.32 (65%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  3. Leddy – Pulock4:39

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 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.

NYI 2.8 xGTBL 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #565 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 57% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

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

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