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Mon, Dec 2, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New York Islanders 4, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2916110425
DET01111307131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:46NYIAnders LeeAssists: Mathew Barzal, Josh Bailey · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:17NYIAnthony BeauvillierGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Ryan Pulock · Backhand, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:36DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Filip Zadina · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:34NYIJordan EberlePPAssists: Anders Lee, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:24NYIJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Pulock, Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:12DETDarren Helm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 11:08NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:31NYIJohnny Boychuk: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:00NYIAnders Lee: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 7:43NYIDevon Toews: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 10:26NYINick Leddy: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:26DETFrans Nielsen: Interference2 min
  8. P2 14:58DETPatrik Nemeth: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 2:37NYIOtto Koivula: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 16:43DETLuke Glendening: Boarding2 min
  11. P3 18:46DETValtteri Filppula: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← NYI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Ehn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDET
25Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals3.1
45Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won22
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
19Hits14
14Blocked shots10
14Giveaways11
3Takeaways5

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. bestBailey – Lee – Barzal11:19

    xG 0.60–0.50 (54%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  2. Komarov – Eberle – Koivula3:02

    xG 0.11–0.06 (65%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:22

    xG 0.02–0.04 (28%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Nelson – Beauvillier9:14

    xG 0.14–0.71 (17%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock9:37

    xG 0.73–0.34 (68%)attempts 14–10goals 2–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech2:47

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy11:28

    xG 0.15–0.20 (43%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Athanasiou – Fabbri4:14

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri6:06

    xG 0.23–0.06 (80%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Bertuzzi – Larkin3:48

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening2:48

    xG 0.07–0.01 (85%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Cholowski11:18

    xG 0.73–0.17 (81%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Biega – McIlrath6:24

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Hronek2:35

    xG 0.05–0.04 (60%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

DET 3.1 xGNYI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #767 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

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

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