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Sat, Dec 15, 2018·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Detroit Red Wings 3, New York Islanders 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 93% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET250614060321
NYI110015221021448

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:03DETGustav NyquistPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, Thomas Vanek · Snap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:05NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Mathew Barzal, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:46DETTrevor DaleyAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:03NYIMathew BarzalPPAssists: Anders Lee, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:56NYICasey CizikasAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Matt Martin · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:57DETThomas VanekAssists: Andreas Athanasiou, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.18 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. DET Frans Nielsen stopped
  3. 3. NYI Mathew Barzal scored
  4. 4. DET Thomas Vanek stopped
  5. 5. NYI Josh Bailey stopped
  6. 6. DET Gustav Nyquist stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:55NYICal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:48DETLuke Glendening: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 6:33DETDylan Larkin: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 8:56DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 1:00DETNiklas Kronwall: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 4:36DETThomas Vanek: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:39DETAndreas Athanasiou: Roughing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
21Shots on goal48
2.6Expected goals6.7
37Shot attempts71
28Faceoffs won29
1Power plays6
12Penalty minutes2
19Hits29
12Blocked shots12
12Giveaways14
6Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Vanek – Athanasiou2:20

    xG 0.18–0.10 (65%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Athanasiou – Ehn5:50

    xG 0.20–0.17 (55%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Bertuzzi – Rasmussen7:28

    xG 0.07–0.13 (35%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – Athanasiou – Larkin2:28

    xG 0.21–0.52 (29%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Daley – Ericsson2:36

    xG 0.27–0.31 (47%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Jensen12:24

    xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Witkowski3:27

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Nelson10:42

    xG 0.87–0.27 (76%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:59

    xG 0.55–0.25 (69%)attempts 4–9goals 1–1

  3. Komarov – Martin – Cizikas2:42

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier12:53

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Pulock13:13

    xG 1.60–0.29 (85%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Hickey – Mayfield2:42

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech13:10

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 5–8goals 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 6.7 xGDET 2.6 xG
02468P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #89 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.78 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 93% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

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

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