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Tue, Dec 4, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Winnipeg Jets 3, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

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

NYI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0301536324
NYI0801218128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:33NYIAnders LeeAssists: Brock Nelson, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:39WPGJacob TroubaPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:01WPGAdam LowryGWGAssists: Brandon Tanev, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:57WPGNikolaj EhlersENAssists: Blake Wheeler, Connor Hellebuyck · Wrist, 0.75 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:08WPGPatrik Laine: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 10:43NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 1:58NYIMathew Barzal: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:57WPGBrandon Tanev: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 9:32NYIAnders Lee: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYI
24Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals3.1
45Shot attempts58
32Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits24
17Blocked shots16
6Giveaways12
6Takeaways4

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers15:07

    xG 0.51–0.51 (50%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev9:22

    xG 0.52–0.56 (48%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Lemieux – Roslovic – Appleton5:09

    xG 0.03–0.11 (24%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Little – Connor – Laine10:47

    xG 0.42–0.72 (37%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Schilling11:48

    xG 0.89–0.42 (68%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Chiarot3:02

    xG 0.08–0.03 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Trouba4:03

    xG 0.05–0.20 (21%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Nelson11:52

    xG 1.02–0.48 (68%)attempts 18–7goals 1–1

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:13

    xG 0.30–0.11 (74%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Komarov – Kuhnhackl9:00

    xG 0.25–0.31 (44%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier11:02

    xG 0.40–0.52 (43%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Pulock15:22

    xG 0.99–0.38 (72%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy13:09

    xG 0.84–0.50 (63%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech11:14

    xG 0.64–0.45 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGWPG 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #783 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 winsWPG wins

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

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