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Wed, Oct 17, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Islanders 1, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI011012112135
ANA1111925425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:54ANARyan KeslerPPAssists: Sam Steel, Rickard Rakell · Backhand, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:20ANARyan KeslerGWGAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Cam Fowler · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:42ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Maxime Comtois · Tip-in, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:25NYICasey CizikasAssists: Ross Johnston, Scott Mayfield · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:30ANAHampus LindholmENAssists: Ben Street · Wrist, 0.57 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 15:27ANAJosh Manson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:06NYIScott Mayfield: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:06ANAMaxime Comtois: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:35NYIBrock Nelson: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 0:15ANAAdam Henrique: Holding2 min
  6. P2 13:35NYIAndrew Ladd: Interference2 min
  7. P2 17:10ANAKiefer Sherwood: Holding2 min
  8. P3 8:33NYIMathew Barzal: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 8:33ANACam Fowler: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P3 13:28NYIAnders Lee: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 16:21ANABrandon Montour: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIANA
35Shots on goal25
4.3Expected goals3.0
69Shot attempts48
26Faceoffs won23
4Power plays3
13Penalty minutes15
13Hits11
11Blocked shots12
9Giveaways10
4Takeaways5

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. bestKomarov – Cizikas – Johnston6:00

    xG 0.29–0.03 (90%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Filppula – Clutterbuck – Beauvillier7:28

    xG 0.31–0.12 (72%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Bailey – Barzal8:07

    xG 0.45–0.36 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Lee – Nelson10:21

    xG 0.28–0.45 (39%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Mayfield12:40

    xG 0.84–0.43 (66%)attempts 19–11goals 1–1

  2. Leddy – Pulock14:02

    xG 0.60–0.57 (52%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

  3. Boychuk – Sbisa9:02

    xG 0.14–0.23 (37%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestRakell – Steel – Sherwood2:02

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Rakell4:11

    xG 0.34–0.18 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Sherwood4:04

    xG 0.16–0.07 (69%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Terry – Steel – Lundeström2:59

    xG 0.11–0.05 (70%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Pettersson9:42

    xG 0.42–0.39 (52%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Manson14:59

    xG 0.76–0.82 (48%)attempts 17–17goals 2–0

  3. Lindholm – Montour15:02

    xG 0.22–0.72 (23%)attempts 8–16goals 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.

ANA 3.0 xGNYI 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #967 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 70% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

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

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