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Sat, Nov 3, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

New Jersey Devils 0, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 56% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD01608011035
NYI19013211333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:43NYIJordan EberlePPGWGAssists: Anders Lee, Josh Bailey · Snap, 0.46 xG0–1
  2. P3 15:06NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:46NYIScott MayfieldENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:18NYIThomas Hickey: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 3:12NYIMathew Barzal: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 6:53NJDJean-Sebastien Dea: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:30NJDMiles Wood: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P1 18:00NJDTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:47NJDJean-Sebastien Dea: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:14NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 18:12NYIAndrew Ladd: Delaying game bench2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDNYI
35Shots on goal33
4.0Expected goals4.5
71Shot attempts58
31Faceoffs won25
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits21
13Blocked shots20
4Giveaways15
5Takeaways6

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Johansson – Wood10:28

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Coleman – Seney8:57

    xG 0.51–0.32 (61%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Gabriel – Dea5:35

    xG 0.18–0.37 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier11:39

    xG 0.66–1.07 (38%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Mueller13:01

    xG 0.75–0.46 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Butcher2:03

    xG 0.28–0.19 (60%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Severson13:43

    xG 0.59–0.79 (43%)attempts 19–16goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Lee – Nelson11:10

    xG 0.80–0.45 (64%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston5:36

    xG 0.31–0.24 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Barzal – Beauvillier10:01

    xG 0.64–0.66 (49%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Ladd – Komarov8:55

    xG 0.04–0.59 (6%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Mayfield15:07

    xG 0.80–0.53 (60%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Pelech9:03

    xG 0.83–0.60 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Pulock11:50

    xG 0.65–0.62 (51%)attempts 11–12goals 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.

NYI 4.5 xGNJD 4.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1167 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 56% of the time.

NYI winsNJD wins

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

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