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Mon, Feb 10, 2020·Capital One Arena, Washington

New York Islanders 5, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI31021408532
WSH11028011329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:30NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson · Snap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:16NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Brock Nelson, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:55WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Nicklas Backstrom · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:06NYIDevon ToewsAssists: Josh Bailey, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 0:45NYILeo KomarovGWGAssists: Brock Nelson, Nick Leddy · Slap, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P2 10:36NYIJordan EberleAssists: Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–1
  7. P2 11:25WSHLars EllerAssists: Carl Hagelin, Michal Kempny · Wrist, 0.24 xG5–2
  8. P2 16:59WSHT.J. OshiePPAssists: John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom · Slap, 0.07 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 17:18WSHMartin Fehérváry: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:55NYIJordan Eberle: Holding2 min
  3. P2 2:54WSHGarnet Hathaway: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:54WSHGarnet Hathaway: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 2:54NYIRoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 7:10NYIMathew Barzal: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:29NYIScott Mayfield: High sticking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WSH
45% to win55% to win
← NYI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Eller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWSH
32Shots on goal29
3.2Expected goals2.3
49Shot attempts67
28Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
23Hits26
22Blocked shots9
11Giveaways16
8Takeaways8

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 – Nelson – Beauvillier11:31

    xG 1.14–0.43 (73%)attempts 10–13goals 2–1

  2. Eberle – Lee – Barzal11:22

    xG 0.58–0.21 (73%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Brassard – Johnston – Dal Colle6:36

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Martin – Cizikas12:33

    xG 0.06–0.19 (24%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Toews11:53

    xG 0.76–0.39 (66%)attempts 10–12goals 2–1

  2. Boychuk – Toews2:43

    xG 0.44–0.11 (81%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy6:54

    xG 0.39–0.06 (87%)attempts 5–6goals 1–1

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestHagelin – Eller – Panik10:54

    xG 0.60–0.30 (66%)attempts 18–6goals 1–0

  2. Oshie – Eller – Vrana4:04

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana5:40

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway6:17

    xG 0.02–0.14 (11%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Siegenthaler8:40

    xG 0.26–0.12 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Orlov – Kempny7:09

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Carlson – Fehérváry3:26

    xG 0.20–0.19 (51%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

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.

WSH 2.3 xGNYI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #335 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WSH 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 66% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

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

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