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Wed, Jan 11, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Florida Panthers 2, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 64% of the time.

NYI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1711601224
NYI11206012130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:47FLAKeith YandleAssists: Jared McCann, Vincent Trocheck · Slap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:47NYINick LeddyAssists: Casey Cizikas, Cal Clutterbuck · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:09FLAJason DemersGWGAssists: Jonathan Marchessault, Jussi Jokinen · Snap, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:14NYIJason Chimera: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P3 13:52NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 13:52FLARoberto Luongo: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
44% to win56% to win
← FLA attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYI
24Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals3.1
49Shot attempts60
23Faceoffs won31
1Power plays0
2Penalty minutes4
20Hits28
19Blocked shots19
13Giveaways7
11Takeaways2

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Thompson – Malgin6:52

    xG 0.28–0.13 (69%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Marchessault10:39

    xG 0.28–0.19 (59%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  3. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Sgarbossa9:28

    xG 0.50–0.60 (45%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Trocheck – McCann13:10

    xG 0.17–1.16 (13%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – Ekblad15:25

    xG 0.32–0.15 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Demers – Matheson17:51

    xG 0.71–0.67 (51%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

  3. Yandle – Pysyk16:38

    xG 0.50–1.42 (26%)attempts 14–24goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas9:00

    xG 1.04–0.20 (84%)attempts 16–5goals 1–1

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Lee12:54

    xG 0.41–0.15 (74%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  3. Ladd – Nelson – Strome6:27

    xG 0.55–0.29 (66%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Quine – Strome3:39

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy4:31

    xG 0.37–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Hickey13:33

    xG 0.73–0.39 (65%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan12:46

    xG 0.79–0.49 (62%)attempts 15–12goals 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.

NYI 3.1 xGFLA 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1062 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 64% of the time.

NYI winsFLA wins

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

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