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Fri, Jan 18, 2019·Capital One Arena, Washington

New York Islanders 2, Washington Capitals 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0110925225
WSH070804019

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:08NYIJosh BaileyGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Adam Pelech · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 7:34NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Casey Cizikas, Adam Pelech · Snap, 0.08 xG2–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 0:10WSHNicklas Backstrom: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:17NYICasey Cizikas: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:57NYIAdam Pelech: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:13WSHNic Dowd: Tripping2 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 SOG0WSH
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWSH
25Shots on goal19
2.6Expected goals1.8
52Shot attempts50
25Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits21
16Blocked shots15
6Giveaways12
8Takeaways10

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 – Beauvillier12:09

    xG 0.98–0.14 (87%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:11

    xG 0.76–0.03 (96%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Eberle – Lee – Nelson10:48

    xG 0.44–0.21 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Komarov – Dal Colle11:53

    xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy18:21

    xG 0.94–0.26 (78%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock12:44

    xG 0.73–0.07 (92%)attempts 17–6goals 2–0

  3. Mayfield – Toews13:12

    xG 0.77–0.45 (63%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana12:13

    xG 0.23–0.34 (40%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  2. Dowd – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson8:10

    xG 0.01–0.25 (3%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson11:12

    xG 0.12–0.55 (18%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky10:33

    xG 0.17–0.76 (18%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Siegenthaler2:17

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Niskanen – Orlov16:30

    xG 0.35–0.59 (37%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Siegenthaler9:01

    xG 0.10–0.34 (22%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

WSH 1.8 xGNYI 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1147 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 66% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

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

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