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Fri, Dec 29, 2017·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 57% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01911916244
WPG212012213437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:32WPGShawn MatthiasAssists: Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:57WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Kyle Connor, Patrik Laine · Snap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:46NYIAnders LeeAssists: John Tavares, Josh Bailey · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:01WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Patrik Laine · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:03WPGAdam LowryPPAssists: Jacob Trouba, Blake Wheeler · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 16:28NYIAnders LeeAssists: Ryan Pulock · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:29NYIRyan Pulock: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:36WPGPatrik Laine: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:38WPGMathieu Perreault: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 10:10NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:10NYIJordan Eberle: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  6. P3 7:50WPGBlake Wheeler: Interference2 min
  7. P3 11:13NYIMathew Barzal: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 12:57WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Holding2 min
  9. P3 13:50NYIJosh Bailey: Slashing2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
44Shots on goal37
4.9Expected goals4.3
81Shot attempts75
33Faceoffs won35
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
18Hits16
23Blocked shots21
12Giveaways13
2Takeaways11

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. bestLadd – Eberle – Barzal8:32

    xG 1.38–0.74 (65%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Lee10:03

    xG 0.95–0.62 (60%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  3. Bernier – Nelson – Prince6:53

    xG 0.47–0.32 (60%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  4. Chimera – Clutterbuck – Cizikas7:48

    xG 0.41–0.81 (34%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pelech11:52

    xG 0.77–0.25 (75%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Pulock13:49

    xG 1.49–1.19 (56%)attempts 23–18goals 1–2

  3. Seidenberg – Hickey12:31

    xG 0.97–1.82 (35%)attempts 14–24goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLittle – Perreault – Ehlers9:49

    xG 1.15–0.69 (62%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Armia – Copp5:28

    xG 0.43–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  3. Hendricks – Matthias – Armia2:42

    xG 0.09–0.28 (25%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Copp – Tanev3:52

    xG 0.15–0.58 (21%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey13:35

    xG 1.44–0.78 (65%)attempts 23–13goals 2–1

  2. Myers – Kulikov13:32

    xG 1.49–1.44 (51%)attempts 24–19goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Poolman10:08

    xG 0.39–0.83 (32%)attempts 10–14goals 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.

WPG 4.3 xGNYI 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #737 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 57% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

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

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