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Fri, Mar 3, 2017·United Center, Chicago

New York Islanders 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 58% of the time.

CHI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI0711208050132
CHI0607115032231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:27NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Travis Hamonic, Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:46CHIArtemi PanarinAssists: Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  2. 2. NYI Joshua Ho-Sang stopped
  3. 3. CHI Patrick Kane stopped
  4. 4. NYI Nikolay Kulemin stopped
  5. 5. CHI Artemi Panarin scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:09NYINikolay Kulemin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:04CHIJonathan Toews: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:30CHIRyan Hartman: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 11:27NYIAnders Lee: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 2:23CHITomas Jurco: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICHI
32Shots on goal31
3.3Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts76
27Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
29Hits21
23Blocked shots13
2Giveaways7
6Takeaways7

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 – Lee11:18

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Nelson – Ho-Sang7:26

    xG 0.34–0.36 (48%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Beauvillier7:20

    xG 0.07–0.23 (22%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Prince – Strome7:39

    xG 0.10–0.34 (23%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy11:37

    xG 0.87–0.25 (78%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – Leddy3:48

    xG 0.15–0.20 (42%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – de Haan2:13

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Panik – Hartman10:44

    xG 0.61–0.21 (74%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Kruger – Jurco6:54

    xG 0.22–0.05 (81%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Tootoo – Desjardins – Rasmussen3:21

    xG 0.04–0.02 (60%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Kero – Panarin11:21

    xG 0.36–0.43 (46%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Kempny13:14

    xG 0.70–0.03 (96%)attempts 19–4goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – van Riemsdyk13:17

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Seabrook19:20

    xG 0.60–1.10 (35%)attempts 26–20goals 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.

CHI 2.8 xGNYI 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHINYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #510 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 58% of the time.

CHI winsNYI wins

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

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