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Sun, Feb 19, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

New Jersey Devils 4, New York Islanders 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 63% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD11021119430
NYI11331524632

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:15NJDMiles WoodPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Kyle Palmieri · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:33NYIRyan StromeAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:44NYICasey CizikasAssists: Stephen Gionta, Thomas Hickey · Wrap-around, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:32NYIRyan StromeUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:59NYIAndrew LaddSHAssists: Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P2 13:21NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Travis Zajac, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P2 17:55NJDJoseph BlandisiAssists: Steven Santini, Stefan Noesen · Slap, 0.27 xG3–4
  8. P3 0:26NYIJohn TavaresPPGWGAssists: Ryan Strome, Anders Lee · Tip-in, 0.05 xG3–5
  9. P3 1:00NYIJason ChimeraUnassisted · Slap, 0.06 xG3–6
  10. P3 8:37NJDTaylor HallPPAssists: Damon Severson, Keith Kinkaid · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:54NYICasey Cizikas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:01NYIDennis Seidenberg: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 19:20NJDAndy Greene: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:29NYIAndrew Ladd: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P3 11:40NJDTaylor Hall: Hooking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
30Shots on goal32
1.5Expected goals2.1
50Shot attempts68
34Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
13Hits38
25Blocked shots14
9Giveaways7
9Takeaways11

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBennett – Noesen – Blandisi3:05

    xG 0.30–0.07 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  2. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall13:56

    xG 0.46–0.29 (62%)attempts 20–9goals 1–0

  3. Parenteau – Henrique – Bennett5:43

    xG 0.13–0.23 (36%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Smith-Pelly – Blandisi – Wood5:09

    xG 0.02–0.19 (9%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Merrill – Santini14:32

    xG 0.39–0.41 (49%)attempts 13–15goals 2–2

  2. Moore – Severson12:52

    xG 0.17–0.43 (28%)attempts 10–21goals 0–1

  3. Greene – Lovejoy15:52

    xG 0.34–0.70 (33%)attempts 13–21goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee12:26

    xG 0.61–0.12 (83%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Gionta – Kulemin – Cizikas5:59

    xG 0.50–0.37 (58%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  3. Chimera – Ladd – Quine8:34

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  4. Nelson – Strome – Beauvillier11:35

    xG 0.32–0.36 (47%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Mayfield16:13

    xG 0.76–0.39 (66%)attempts 23–11goals 1–1

  2. Seidenberg – de Haan12:44

    xG 0.57–0.22 (72%)attempts 19–11goals 2–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy19:12

    xG 0.42–0.41 (51%)attempts 18–15goals 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 2.1 xGNJD 1.5 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #158 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 63% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

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

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