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Mon, Mar 5, 2018·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Islanders 3, Vancouver Canucks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI1151711101334
VAN06281712423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:51NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Anders Lee, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:59NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Thomas Hickey, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:25VANBrendan LeipsicAssists: Jake Virtanen, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:59VANDarren ArchibaldUnassisted · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:31VANJake VirtanenAssists: Brendan Leipsic · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:56NYIJordan EberlePPAssists: John Tavares, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.38 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:47VANBrendan LeipsicGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:11VANBrendan Leipsic: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:36NYIMathew Barzal: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 14:41VANDaniel Sedin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 0:52VANBrendan Leipsic: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 15:59NYIJohnny Boychuk: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  6. P3 18:01VANBrendan Leipsic: Slashing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Barzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIVAN
34Shots on goal23
2.9Expected goals2.6
58Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won31
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
13Hits22
16Blocked shots13
7Giveaways9
5Takeaways7

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. bestEberle – Barzal – Beauvillier12:14

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Wagner10:06

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Nelson – Fritz10:02

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Lee9:19

    xG 0.38–0.80 (32%)attempts 6–10goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy15:15

    xG 0.55–0.24 (69%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Hickey – Pulock13:41

    xG 0.52–0.45 (54%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Davidson – Pelech16:23

    xG 0.27–0.83 (24%)attempts 9–14goals 0–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLeipsic – Horvat – Virtanen7:11

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Jokinen4:52

    xG 0.37–0.26 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Goldobin – Boeser6:51

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Gagner – Virtanen2:27

    xG 0.08–0.08 (50%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Pouliot14:02

    xG 0.86–0.27 (76%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  2. Pouliot – Hutton3:31

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Hutton9:19

    xG 0.36–0.25 (60%)attempts 11–3goals 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.

VAN 2.6 xGNYI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #154 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 55% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).