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Thu, Mar 2, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Islanders 5, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 78% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI18111314533
DAL1102817425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:29NYIRyan StromeAssists: Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:52DALJamie BennPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:33DALRadek FaksaAssists: Patrick Sharp, Greg Pateryn · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:14DALJason SpezzaAssists: John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:49NYIAndrew LaddAssists: Ryan Strome, Josh Bailey · Snap, 0.43 xG2–3
  6. P3 0:25NYINick LeddyAssists: Anders Lee, John Tavares · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:46NYIDennis SeidenbergAssists: Calvin de Haan, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–3
  8. P3 9:30NYINikolay KuleminGWGAssists: Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–3
  9. P3 17:09DALJamie BennSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.08 xG5–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 17:53NYICalvin de Haan: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:10DALJamie Oleksiak: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 16:07DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDAL
33Shots on goal25
3.8Expected goals2.0
69Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
27Hits28
15Blocked shots19
5Giveaways7
7Takeaways7

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 – Lee11:24

    xG 0.63–0.06 (91%)attempts 19–4goals 1–0

  2. Chimera – Prince – Strome9:01

    xG 0.55–0.52 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 2–1

  3. Gionta – Clutterbuck – Kulemin8:04

    xG 0.03–0.03 (52%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Nelson – Ho-Sang12:05

    xG 0.21–0.26 (45%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – de Haan18:46

    xG 1.24–0.60 (67%)attempts 20–14goals 3–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy18:46

    xG 1.00–0.56 (64%)attempts 20–16goals 2–0

  3. Hickey – Mayfield13:56

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 20–10goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – McKenzie – Faksa10:42

    xG 0.40–0.06 (87%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Hemsky – Hudler – Shore4:14

    xG 0.10–0.01 (95%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Eakin – Ritchie5:04

    xG 0.11–0.04 (71%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Eakin – Ritchie – Shore7:04

    xG 0.18–0.55 (24%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Johns – Oleksiak2:42

    xG 0.15–0.23 (39%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Johns13:36

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Pateryn2:05

    xG 0.06–0.28 (18%)attempts 2–5goals 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.

DAL 2.0 xGNYI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #131 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 78% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

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

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