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

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 72% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL05116114235
NYI0521338526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:58NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:49TBLYanni GourdeAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:33NYIRyan PulockAssists: Derick Brassard, Anthony Beauvillier · Snap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:41NYIJosh BaileyPPGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Anders Lee · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:27NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:03TBLRyan McDonaghSHAssists: Ondrej Palat, Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:24NYIDerick BrassardENAssists: Anders Lee, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.66 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:20TBLMikhail Sergachev: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:51TBLLuke Witkowski: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:51NYIRoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:49NYIDevon Toews: Holding2 min
  5. P2 5:45NYICal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:33TBLKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 7:21NYIScott Mayfield: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 14:27TBLTyler Johnson: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLNYI
35Shots on goal26
1.7Expected goals3.0
62Shot attempts45
27Faceoffs won19
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
23Hits36
12Blocked shots21
16Giveaways18
5Takeaways7

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Point8:14

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Joseph – Cirelli9:13

    xG 0.33–0.32 (50%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  3. Stamkos – Kucherov – Volkov9:42

    xG 0.24–0.69 (26%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Sergachev11:22

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Cernak10:02

    xG 0.18–0.16 (52%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Schenn – Rutta7:14

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Lee – Barzal10:39

    xG 0.61–0.19 (76%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. Johnston – Bardreau – Wahlstrom5:21

    xG 0.19–0.19 (51%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Dal Colle11:08

    xG 0.15–0.17 (48%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Nelson – Beauvillier8:26

    xG 0.16–0.50 (24%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock13:30

    xG 0.33–0.21 (60%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews12:43

    xG 0.51–0.41 (56%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy10:00

    xG 0.38–0.45 (46%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

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 3.0 xGTBL 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYITBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #538 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 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 72% of the time.

NYI winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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