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Sun, Feb 10, 2019·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Minnesota Wild 1, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 65% of the time.

NYI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0916012127
NYI11511009234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:05NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:38MINMikael GranlundPPAssists: Jason Zucker, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:01NYIDevon ToewsPPGWGAssists: Ryan Pulock, Josh Bailey · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:22MINJared Spurgeon: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:46MINMarcus Foligno: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:42NYIScott Mayfield: Boarding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:28MINAnthony Bitetto: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:45MINJonas Brodin: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 3:49NYIValtteri Filppula: Interference2 min
  7. P2 12:19MINGreg Pateryn: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 8:29NYIMathew Barzal: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 16:10MINJonas Brodin: High sticking2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINNYI
27Shots on goal34
2.3Expected goals3.2
56Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won27
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
15Hits17
14Blocked shots18
6Giveaways18
1Takeaways7

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Eriksson Ek – Kunin8:38

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Fehr – Rau – Rask4:43

    xG 0.01–0.02 (28%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Zucker – Greenway11:28

    xG 0.49–0.52 (49%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. Parise – Coyle – Granlund11:36

    xG 0.14–0.49 (23%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBitetto – Brodin13:19

    xG 0.45–0.31 (60%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon14:05

    xG 0.45–0.42 (52%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Bitetto2:02

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Komarov – Beauvillier9:21

    xG 0.77–0.19 (80%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Dal Colle – Barzal9:29

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Lee – Nelson11:32

    xG 0.20–0.28 (41%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Cizikas – Kuhnhackl9:40

    xG 0.28–0.38 (43%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Toews10:09

    xG 0.45–0.16 (74%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock13:03

    xG 0.38–0.31 (55%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy14:25

    xG 0.44–0.52 (46%)attempts 11–15goals 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.

NYI 3.2 xGMIN 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #1009 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 65% of the time.

NYI winsMIN wins

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

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