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Thu, Jan 10, 2019·Madison Square Garden, New York

New York Islanders 4, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2101911420
NYR1815117330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:38NYRRyan StromePPAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Filip Chytil · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:31NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Johnny Boychuk · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:51NYIJordan EberlePPAssists: Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:11NYRKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Fredrik Claesson · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 3:08NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Nick Leddy, Mathew Barzal · Tip-in, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:40NYRJesper FastAssists: Neal Pionk, Pavel Buchnevich · Snap, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:34NYIJosh BaileyGWGAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Johnny Boychuk · Snap, 0.19 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:17NYIRoss Johnston: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:41NYRCody McLeod: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:41NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:09NYRJimmy Vesey: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 1:38NYRMarc Staal: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:34NYRVladislav Namestnikov: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:07NYIAdam Pelech: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 4:13NYILeo Komarov: Delaying game2 min
  9. P3 9:39NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:39NYRCody McLeod: Roughing2 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 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Nieves
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINYR
20Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals2.1
42Shot attempts64
35Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
36Hits37
20Blocked shots14
3Giveaways16
5Takeaways9

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 – Beauvillier12:54

    xG 0.84–0.61 (58%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

  2. Filppula – Komarov – Johnston6:53

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:44

    xG 0.03–0.09 (24%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Nelson9:31

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 1–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Toews14:10

    xG 0.64–0.37 (64%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  2. Pelech – Pulock14:00

    xG 0.42–0.45 (48%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy13:27

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 5–17goals 1–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad12:30

    xG 0.40–0.36 (53%)attempts 20–8goals 1–1

  2. McLeod – Nieves – Buchnevich5:52

    xG 0.04–0.03 (57%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Vesey – Howden7:09

    xG 0.09–0.22 (29%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  4. Fast – Strome – Chytil11:42

    xG 0.13–0.65 (17%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Claesson17:42

    xG 0.65–0.35 (65%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. McQuaid – Skjei13:11

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 9–2goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Pionk13:00

    xG 0.37–0.75 (33%)attempts 10–16goals 1–1

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.

NYR 2.1 xGNYI 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #345 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

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

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