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Thu, Nov 8, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

New York Islanders 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI116010111237
TBL0721129427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:40NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:58TBLMathieu JosephAssists: Alex Killorn, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:12TBLJ.T. MillerAssists: Mikhail Sergachev, Steven Stamkos · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:43NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Adam Pelech, Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:34TBLTyler JohnsonGWGAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Yanni Gourde · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:50TBLSteven StamkosENAssists: J.T. Miller, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.74 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:04NYINick Leddy: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:03TBLJ.T. Miller: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 8:56NYILeo Komarov: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:57TBLSlater Koekkoek: Interference2 min
  5. P2 11:33NYIAnders Lee: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 18:47TBLDan Girardi: Interference2 min
  7. P2 0:00TBLCedric Paquette: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 3:32TBLTyler Johnson: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 10:35NYIJordan Eberle: Hooking2 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 SOG0TBL
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYITBL
37Shots on goal27
3.4Expected goals3.2
62Shot attempts45
22Faceoffs won30
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
24Hits21
12Blocked shots15
8Giveaways10
7Takeaways8

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. bestBailey – Lee – Barzal2:21

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Kuhnhackl5:16

    xG 0.15–0.01 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Ladd – Komarov10:29

    xG 0.56–0.43 (57%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Nelson7:15

    xG 0.25–0.37 (40%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Pelech9:43

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Hickey – Mayfield10:53

    xG 0.61–0.49 (56%)attempts 11–8goals 1–2

  3. Leddy – Pulock15:03

    xG 0.20–0.40 (33%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Gourde – Point10:11

    xG 0.52–0.36 (59%)attempts 9–6goals 0–2

  2. Stamkos – Kucherov – Miller8:32

    xG 0.31–0.19 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Callahan – Paquette – Erne8:46

    xG 0.07–0.16 (30%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Joseph – Cirelli8:00

    xG 0.15–0.50 (23%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – McDonagh13:10

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

  2. Coburn – Sergachev11:41

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  3. Girardi – Koekkoek11:43

    xG 0.14–0.23 (38%)attempts 6–9goals 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.

TBL 3.2 xGNYI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #423 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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 53% of the time.

TBL winsNYI wins

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

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