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Thu, Mar 14, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Montréal Canadiens 1, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 76% of the time.

NYI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL0911609134
NYI01511419238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:20NYIAdam PelechAssists: Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:10MTLJordie BennAssists: Paul Byron, Christian Folin · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:03NYIAnders LeeGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 8:23NYIScott Mayfield: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:21MTLAndrew Shaw: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:50MTLBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 6:27NYIAndrew Ladd: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLNYI
34Shots on goal38
2.4Expected goals4.0
58Shot attempts69
31Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits31
16Blocked shots10
13Giveaways16
5Takeaways10

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestArmia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi3:35

    xG 0.57–0.16 (78%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Gallagher – Danault11:49

    xG 0.64–0.25 (72%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Byron – Weal3:36

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Byron – Shaw – Domi5:09

    xG 0.16–0.39 (29%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Kulak19:36

    xG 1.35–1.28 (51%)attempts 25–28goals 0–2

  2. Benn – Folin12:31

    xG 0.42–0.71 (37%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  3. Weber – Mete15:17

    xG 0.32–0.82 (28%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:02

    xG 0.88–0.26 (77%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Lee – Barzal12:41

    xG 0.69–0.27 (72%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Ladd – Nelson – Beauvillier11:14

    xG 0.54–0.50 (52%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Komarov – Bailey10:22

    xG 0.64–0.61 (51%)attempts 8–23goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock14:57

    xG 1.21–0.41 (75%)attempts 26–10goals 2–1

  2. Hickey – Toews13:55

    xG 0.98–0.88 (53%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Mayfield17:04

    xG 0.79–0.72 (52%)attempts 16–22goals 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 4.0 xGMTL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #794 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 76% of the time.

NYI winsMTL wins

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

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