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Thu, Jan 3, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Chicago Blackhawks 2, New York Islanders 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 89% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI130131302221
NYI11411601812350

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05CHIDominik KahunAssists: Brandon Saad, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:47NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:56NYIMathew BarzalPPAssists: Nick Leddy, Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:01CHIPatrick KanePPAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Jonathan Toews · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:48NYIDevon ToewsGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:36NYIAdam Pelech: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 18:35CHIGustav Forsling: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P3 4:23NYIBrock Nelson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 16:49CHIDuncan Keith: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHINYI
21Shots on goal50
2.1Expected goals5.3
46Shot attempts72
20Faceoffs won38
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
14Hits24
12Blocked shots14
19Giveaways20
6Takeaways13

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Saad – Kahun13:24

    xG 0.85–0.35 (71%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Kruger – Hayden – Perlini5:43

    xG 0.08–0.27 (23%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Kane – DeBrincat – Kampf3:31

    xG 0.00–0.36 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Sikura – DeBrincat – Kampf9:02

    xG 0.10–0.96 (10%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Keith – Seabrook10:53

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – Forsling3:47

    xG 0.02–0.20 (7%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Gustafsson6:50

    xG 0.38–0.99 (28%)attempts 4–9goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Barzal – Beauvillier14:41

    xG 1.41–0.40 (78%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas10:31

    xG 0.90–0.55 (62%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Lee – Nelson – Ho-Sang13:43

    xG 0.80–0.48 (63%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kuhnhackl – Dal Colle7:10

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock17:26

    xG 1.58–0.58 (73%)attempts 25–10goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy17:42

    xG 1.13–0.45 (71%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

  3. Mayfield – Toews14:23

    xG 1.18–0.56 (68%)attempts 15–12goals 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 5.3 xGCHI 2.1 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #512 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 89% of the time.

NYI winsCHI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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