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Thu, Jan 19, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Dallas Stars 0, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 84% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0100508023
NYI110016210336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:31NYIJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P3 16:54NYIJohn TavaresSHAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:56NYICalvin de HaanENAssists: Thomas Greiss · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:54NYICasey Cizikas: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:32DALAdam Cracknell: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:27DALPatrick Sharp: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 1:42NYIThomas Hickey: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 1:42DALRadek Faksa: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 1:42DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 13:21DALAdam Cracknell: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 17:42DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 3:09NYIAlan Quine: Holding2 min
  10. P3 3:56DALJamie Benn: High sticking double minor4 min
  11. P3 14:59NYIScott Mayfield: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 0:00DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 0:00DALAntoine Roussel: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYI
23Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals4.8
51Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won27
3Power plays7
23Penalty minutes11
14Hits21
15Blocked shots18
10Giveaways20
9Takeaways8

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Faksa – Shore8:17

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Korpikoski – Cracknell2:24

    xG 0.00–0.05 (5%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Roussel – Seguin5:21

    xG 0.13–0.19 (41%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Eaves – Benn – Eakin7:14

    xG 0.01–0.39 (4%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Johns11:10

    xG 0.64–0.39 (62%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Klingberg3:27

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Nemeth6:13

    xG 0.14–0.34 (30%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee8:37

    xG 0.67–0.04 (94%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Kulemin – Cizikas – Prince4:51

    xG 0.36–0.08 (81%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Nelson – Strome – Beauvillier6:20

    xG 0.22–0.06 (79%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Gionta – Quine4:41

    xG 0.09–0.05 (64%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Mayfield5:37

    xG 0.22–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  2. Leddy – Pelech9:57

    xG 0.47–0.30 (61%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan14:04

    xG 0.55–0.53 (51%)attempts 11–15goals 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 4.8 xGDAL 2.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1113 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 84% of the time.

NYI winsDAL wins

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

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