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Tue, Jan 14, 2020·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Detroit Red Wings 2, New York Islanders 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET11209115236
NYI4142824826

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:23NYIJordan EberleAssists: Mathew Barzal, Anders Lee · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:59NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Tom Kuhnhackl, Michael Dal Colle · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:56NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Anthony Beauvillier · Snap, 0.35 xG0–3
  4. P1 11:45DETFilip HronekAssists: Robby Fabbri, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P1 18:30NYIAnders LeeAssists: Mathew Barzal, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P2 1:59NYIBrock NelsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–5
  7. P2 2:40NYINoah DobsonAssists: Ryan Pulock, Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–6
  8. P3 5:12NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Ryan Pulock, Nick Leddy · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–7
  9. P3 9:07NYILeo KomarovAssists: Scott Mayfield · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–8
  10. P3 14:00DETGivani SmithAssists: Christoffer Ehn, Patrik Nemeth · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–8
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:30DETJustin Abdelkader: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:30NYIMichael Dal Colle: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 19:52NYIBrock Nelson: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 4:30DETLuke Glendening: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 14:28NYIRyan Pulock: Roughing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
36Shots on goal26
3.6Expected goals3.4
66Shot attempts35
23Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
31Hits27
5Blocked shots14
17Giveaways25
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Glendening – Zadina3:59

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Ehn – Smith8:24

    xG 0.75–0.45 (63%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Erne6:06

    xG 0.09–0.00 (96%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening4:36

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBowey – Hronek11:49

    xG 0.72–0.43 (62%)attempts 14–6goals 1–3

  2. Biega – Lashoff14:05

    xG 0.69–0.63 (52%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Green – Lashoff2:24

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Barzal11:47

    xG 1.00–0.31 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  2. Brassard – Nelson – Beauvillier10:44

    xG 0.67–0.34 (67%)attempts 6–10goals 2–1

  3. Komarov – Martin – Koivula10:35

    xG 0.48–0.63 (43%)attempts 8–10goals 2–1

  4. Bailey – Kuhnhackl – Dal Colle11:39

    xG 0.31–0.70 (31%)attempts 2–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Pulock11:53

    xG 1.05–0.61 (63%)attempts 7–13goals 3–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews12:39

    xG 0.67–0.31 (68%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  3. Boychuk – Dobson13:04

    xG 0.43–0.65 (40%)attempts 6–15goals 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 3.4 xGDET 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #681 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 53% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).