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Sat, Dec 31, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 6, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2721027624
WPG010113111234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:54NYINikolay KuleminUnassisted · Slap, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:25NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Josh Bailey · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:26NYIShane PrinceGWGAssists: Ryan Strome, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:13NYIRyan StromeAssists: Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–0
  5. P2 19:30WPGShawn MatthiasSHAssists: Jacob Trouba, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:38NYIAnders LeeAssists: Josh Bailey, John Tavares · Deflected, 0.14 xG5–1
  7. P3 10:18NYIAndrew LaddPPAssists: Brock Nelson, Cal Clutterbuck · Wrist, 0.14 xG6–1
  8. P3 16:55WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Patrik Laine, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.06 xG6–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 3:38NYIJohn Tavares: Holding2 min
  2. P2 12:03NYIJohnny Boychuk: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 19:00WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 8:54WPGBen Chiarot: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 15:50NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Quine won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
24Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals2.1
41Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
11Hits22
17Blocked shots11
10Giveaways9
2Takeaways7

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. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee12:13

    xG 0.52–0.35 (60%)attempts 5–11goals 2–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas7:52

    xG 0.07–0.16 (29%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Nelson – Prince – Strome9:20

    xG 0.23–0.39 (37%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  4. Chimera – Ladd – Quine11:04

    xG 0.23–0.45 (34%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – de Haan15:10

    xG 1.41–0.27 (84%)attempts 19–9goals 3–0

  2. Boychuk – Hickey13:26

    xG 0.38–0.32 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Hamonic – Leddy15:19

    xG 0.18–0.47 (28%)attempts 6–20goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Little – Perreault13:39

    xG 0.29–0.24 (55%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Ehlers – Laine12:15

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

  3. Stafford – Copp – Petan9:21

    xG 0.19–0.45 (30%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Matthias – Lowry – Armia9:58

    xG 0.33–0.69 (32%)attempts 8–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Trouba17:38

    xG 0.65–0.48 (57%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  2. Byfuglien – Morrissey15:39

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 13–14goals 0–2

  3. Postma – Chiarot13:23

    xG 0.21–0.77 (22%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

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 2.1 xGNYI 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #911 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 52% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).