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Tue, Apr 4, 2017·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

New York Islanders 2, Nashville Predators 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 62% of the time.

NSH winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI013081912232
NSH07190700123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:03NSHMike FisherAssists: Colin Wilson, Craig Smith · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:32NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Calvin de Haan, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:25NYIThomas HickeyGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Jaroslav Halak · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:02NSHMiikka Salomaki: Holding2 min
  2. P2 13:26NYIBrock Nelson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 19:08NSHCody McLeod: 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 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Quine won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINSH
32Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals2.0
72Shot attempts49
22Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
21Hits19
13Blocked shots18
10Giveaways17
5Takeaways10

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. bestChimera – Ladd – Quine9:12

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Gionta – Clutterbuck – Jones6:53

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Lee – Ho-Sang – Beauvillier11:12

    xG 0.30–0.87 (25%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – de Haan12:04

    xG 0.64–0.19 (77%)attempts 21–6goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech13:20

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy13:32

    xG 0.29–0.86 (25%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Jarnkrok – Fiala8:40

    xG 0.66–0.08 (90%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Wilson – Smith11:12

    xG 0.42–0.14 (76%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  3. Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson13:35

    xG 0.51–0.72 (42%)attempts 11–20goals 0–1

  4. McLeod – Salomaki – Sissons10:36

    xG 0.01–0.25 (3%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis16:13

    xG 0.76–0.49 (61%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  2. Subban – Ekholm17:55

    xG 0.69–0.46 (60%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

  3. Irwin – Hunt15:37

    xG 0.15–0.45 (26%)attempts 9–24goals 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.

NSH 2.0 xGNYI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #736 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 62% of the time.

NSH winsNYI wins

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

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