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Sun, Dec 23, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Islanders 3, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 90% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0919210328
DAL071706120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:20DALTyler PitlickAssists: Mattias Janmark, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:10NYICasey CizikasUnassisted · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:50NYIAnders LeePPGWGAssists: Nick Leddy, Mathew Barzal · Tip-in, 0.31 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:00NYILeo KomarovENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.67 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:03DALAlexander Radulov: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:33DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:36NYIScott Mayfield: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:58DALAlexander Radulov: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 11:58NYILeo Komarov: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:16NYILeo Komarov: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:16DALAlexander Radulov: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 7:25DALRadek Faksa: Slashing2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDAL
28Shots on goal20
3.9Expected goals1.3
59Shot attempts38
22Faceoffs won29
3Power plays1
6Penalty minutes10
11Hits20
9Blocked shots14
11Giveaways18
5Takeaways4

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 – Barzal – Beauvillier11:16

    xG 0.76–0.23 (77%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas3:15

    xG 0.35–0.10 (78%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Filppula – Komarov – Ho-Sang7:34

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Nelson11:55

    xG 0.23–0.25 (49%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Mayfield14:51

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Sbisa – Toews12:49

    xG 0.47–0.20 (70%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock13:50

    xG 0.66–0.48 (58%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin13:35

    xG 0.37–0.29 (57%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Pitlick – Faksa – Nichushkin6:45

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Janmark – Gurianov3:47

    xG 0.12–0.18 (41%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Faksa – Shore2:48

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBayreuther – Heiskanen2:23

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

  2. Klingberg – Bayreuther2:53

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Fedun – Heiskanen2:10

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

DAL 1.3 xGNYI 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #832 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DAL 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 90% of the time.

DAL winsNYI wins

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

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