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Thu, Mar 9, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Islanders 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI1421001311428
VAN0142161702339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:01NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Josh Bailey, Anders Lee · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:35VANReid BoucherAssists: Bo Horvat, Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:31VANSven BaertschiUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:44NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Josh Bailey · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:36NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Nick Leddy, Josh Bailey · Deflected, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:40VANTroy StecherAssists: Henrik Sedin, Markus Granlund · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:33NYIAndrew LaddGWGAssists: Calvin de Haan, Ryan Strome · Deflected, 0.15 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:49VANBrandon Sutter: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 15:36NYINikolay Kulemin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:27NYIAnders Lee: Interference2 min
  4. P2 10:32VANDaniel Sedin: Interference2 min
  5. P2 12:53NYICalvin de Haan: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 10:53VANBrendan Gaunce: 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 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIVAN
28Shots on goal39
2.2Expected goals2.4
45Shot attempts58
22Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
32Hits26
11Blocked shots10
3Giveaways8
7Takeaways14

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 – Lee10:31

    xG 0.90–0.24 (79%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  2. Chimera – Ladd – Beauvillier2:04

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Chimera – Ladd – Strome5:40

    xG 0.09–0.25 (26%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Clutterbuck – Beauvillier5:15

    xG 0.09–0.28 (24%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan16:39

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  2. Seidenberg – Hickey12:09

    xG 0.45–0.61 (42%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Leddy – Pelech13:55

    xG 0.31–0.82 (28%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoucher – Baertschi – Horvat9:49

    xG 0.70–0.15 (82%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  2. Sutter – Gaunce – Megna8:16

    xG 0.46–0.07 (87%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Granlund13:07

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Stecher10:38

    xG 0.77–0.20 (80%)attempts 8–8goals 2–1

  2. Sbisa – Tanev12:53

    xG 0.26–0.44 (37%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Hutton – Tryamkin9:39

    xG 0.23–0.59 (28%)attempts 8–7goals 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.

VAN 2.4 xGNYI 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #72 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.63 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +50 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

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

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