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Tue, Dec 18, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

New York Islanders 3, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI11421305332
ARI110011016137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:14ARIMario KempeAssists: Alex Goligoski, Nick Cousins · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:04NYIJoshua Ho-SangAssists: Ryan Pulock, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:38NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:29NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Josh Bailey · Slap, 0.04 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:22ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 18:34NYICal Clutterbuck: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 2:15ARILawson Crouse: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 2:15NYIScott Mayfield: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 4:26NYIValtteri Filppula: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 11:22ARIChristian Fischer: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 16:51NYIMathew Barzal: 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cousins won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIARI
32Shots on goal37
3.1Expected goals3.3
63Shot attempts77
21Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
30Hits28
23Blocked shots15
11Giveaways13
4Takeaways11

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. bestFilppula – Komarov – Ho-Sang11:22

    xG 0.55–0.03 (95%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – Lee – Nelson11:06

    xG 1.22–0.72 (63%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:55

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  4. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier10:22

    xG 0.43–0.80 (35%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Mayfield12:47

    xG 0.59–0.20 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock16:26

    xG 1.06–1.18 (47%)attempts 19–25goals 1–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy11:38

    xG 0.57–0.85 (40%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Panik – Archibald10:19

    xG 0.67–0.31 (68%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Kempe – Cousins – Crouse7:14

    xG 0.16–0.03 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Stepan – Galchenyuk – Fischer10:02

    xG 0.53–0.48 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 0–2

  4. Schmaltz – Garland – Keller9:25

    xG 0.56–1.04 (35%)attempts 5–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun3:45

    xG 0.50–0.43 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Hjalmarsson – Chychrun8:53

    xG 0.35–0.32 (52%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Chychrun3:36

    xG 0.18–0.24 (42%)attempts 8–3goals 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.

ARI 3.3 xGNYI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARINYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #1020 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsNYI wins

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

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