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Sun, Mar 17, 2019·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

New York Islanders 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 69% of the time.

MIN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI19130711320
MIN0411611400234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:28NYIJordan EberleAssists: Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:11MINZach ParisePPAssists: Ryan Suter, Ryan Donato · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:12NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Devon Toews, Brock Nelson · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:15MINJared SpurgeonPPAssists: Eric Staal, Ryan Donato · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:04NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:00NYIMatt Martin: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:55NYIAndrew Ladd: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:38MINKevin Fiala: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 17:56NYIAdam Pelech: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 4:57NYIAnders Lee: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P2 9:46NYIThomas Greiss: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:11MINEric Staal: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:59NYIBrock Nelson: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIMIN
20Shots on goal34
1.8Expected goals2.8
34Shot attempts69
26Faceoffs won32
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
10Hits10
22Blocked shots6
0Giveaways3
5Takeaways5

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. Ladd – Nelson – Beauvillier8:38

    xG 0.27–0.26 (51%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Bailey – Kuhnhackl6:06

    xG 0.01–0.16 (8%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Clutterbuck – Martin4:00

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Barzal11:12

    xG 0.26–0.64 (29%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pelech – Pulock14:23

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Hickey – Toews10:57

    xG 0.17–0.65 (21%)attempts 4–17goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Mayfield14:16

    xG 0.29–0.80 (27%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Greenway – Kunin7:47

    xG 0.60–0.06 (91%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Fehr – Foligno – Brown6:16

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Parise – Zucker11:56

    xG 0.41–0.21 (67%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Rask – Aberg – Fiala6:06

    xG 0.14–0.14 (48%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon15:45

    xG 0.65–0.16 (80%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Pateryn – Brodin18:16

    xG 0.72–0.55 (57%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Seeler – Hunt8:47

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 13–7goals 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.

MIN 2.8 xGNYI 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #458 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 69% of the time.

MIN winsNYI wins

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

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