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Fri, Feb 9, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Detroit Red Wings 6, New York Islanders 7 (OT)

Expected result

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

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET31401031401639
NYI081351612729

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:13DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:12DETMartin FrkAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:40DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Mike Green · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:36NYIJordan EberleAssists: Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:02NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Thomas Hickey, Adam Pelech · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:42DETDarren HelmAssists: Frans Nielsen, Justin Abdelkader · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:54DETAnthony ManthaPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg · Slap, 0.04 xG5–2
  8. P3 14:34NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Mathew Barzal · Tip-in, 0.11 xG5–3
  9. P3 15:28NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Mathew Barzal, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.41 xG5–4
  10. P3 16:39NYINick LeddyPPAssists: John Tavares, Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.06 xG5–5
  11. P3 18:11NYIJosh BaileyPPAssists: John Tavares, Mathew Barzal · Slap, 0.09 xG5–6
  12. P3 19:31DETMike GreenAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.10 xG6–6
  13. OT 3:15NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal · Tip-in, 0.21 xG6–7
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:58DETJustin Abdelkader: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:40DETAndreas Athanasiou: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 3:49NYIThomas Hickey: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:39DETJustin Abdelkader: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 18:39NYIJohnny Boychuk: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 9:00NYIMathew Barzal: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:27DETTyler Bertuzzi: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min · PPG

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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
39Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals3.5
63Shot attempts52
33Faceoffs won27
2Power plays7
19Penalty minutes9
17Hits26
11Blocked shots15
6Giveaways21
8Takeaways12

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha11:24

    xG 1.00–0.25 (80%)attempts 16–4goals 2–0

  2. Tatar – Athanasiou – Larkin11:02

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Helm7:33

    xG 0.22–0.11 (67%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  4. Glendening – Frk – Bertuzzi5:12

    xG 0.17–0.60 (22%)attempts 3–9goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green14:03

    xG 0.58–0.11 (85%)attempts 18–5goals 1–1

  2. Daley – Ericsson15:52

    xG 0.79–0.49 (62%)attempts 15–15goals 2–0

  3. Jensen – DeKeyser13:54

    xG 0.79–0.91 (47%)attempts 18–12goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee11:24

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 16–9goals 0–2

  2. Ladd – Clutterbuck – Nelson9:55

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Chimera – Cizikas – Johnston6:00

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Barzal – Beauvillier11:17

    xG 0.16–0.35 (31%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Aho13:17

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Hickey – Pulock14:02

    xG 0.38–0.88 (30%)attempts 8–14goals 1–2

  3. Boychuk – Leddy11:01

    xG 0.16–0.92 (14%)attempts 6–19goals 0–2

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.

NYI 3.5 xGDET 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 100/100 · #2 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.99 · 13 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 0% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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.

NYI winsDET wins

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

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