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Fri, Mar 1, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Washington Capitals 3, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 50% of the time.

NYI winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH01207310329
NYI190408121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:43NYITom KuhnhacklUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:26WSHJakub VranaAssists: Nicklas Backstrom, Michal Kempny · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:34WSHAlex OvechkinPPGWGAssists: T.J. Oshie, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:32WSHT.J. OshieENUnassisted · Other, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:47WSHAlex Ovechkin: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:53WSHBrett Connolly: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 4:21NYIAnders Lee: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:11NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 8:26WSHJohn Carlson: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 9:58NYIRyan Pulock: 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHNYI
29Shots on goal21
3.0Expected goals3.1
69Shot attempts40
31Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
28Hits36
11Blocked shots25
12Giveaways18
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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestDowd – Boyd – Burakovsky2:44

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Hagelin – Eller – Connolly6:53

    xG 0.28–0.15 (65%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Hagelin – Dowd – Boyd3:30

    xG 0.16–0.13 (54%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  4. Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana12:21

    xG 0.42–0.49 (46%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Kempny17:11

    xG 0.92–0.26 (78%)attempts 25–7goals 1–0

  2. Orpik – Jensen10:30

    xG 0.61–0.25 (71%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Jensen2:15

    xG 0.07–0.07 (50%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston7:42

    xG 0.74–0.08 (90%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier11:55

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 6–17goals 0–1

  3. Filppula – Komarov – Kuhnhackl7:56

    xG 0.13–0.42 (24%)attempts 4–13goals 1–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Nelson11:31

    xG 0.48–0.78 (38%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pelech – Pulock15:35

    xG 0.59–0.55 (52%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Pulock2:28

    xG 0.02–0.04 (37%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Toews12:54

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 7–15goals 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 3.1 xGWSH 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #980 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 50% of the time.

NYI winsWSH wins

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

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