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Fri, Feb 21, 2020·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Detroit Red Wings 1, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 71% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0201218122
NYI11312126440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:45NYIJordan EberlePPAssists: Ryan Pulock, Anders Lee · Slap, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:02NYIJordan EberleGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:25DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Mike Green, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:23NYIJordan EberleAssists: Anders Lee, Andy Greene · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:53NYILeo KomarovAssists: Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:41DETDylan Larkin: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 14:02NYIMichael Dal Colle: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:22DETAdam Erne: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 18:08DETAlex Biega: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 11:31DETMike Green: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 15:56NYIAndrew Ladd: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 17:30DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 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 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Bailey
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
22Shots on goal40
2.2Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts59
37Faceoffs won24
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
29Hits33
13Blocked shots14
15Giveaways12
6Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Erne – Perlini – Ehn6:59

    xG 0.29–0.28 (52%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi8:57

    xG 0.48–0.65 (42%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri13:28

    xG 0.30–0.68 (31%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  4. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening9:24

    xG 0.11–0.53 (17%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Daley – Lindstrom11:45

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Green – Bowey14:11

    xG 0.43–0.90 (32%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Nemeth14:03

    xG 0.53–1.07 (33%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Nelson – Beauvillier7:27

    xG 0.33–0.05 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Bailey – Dal Colle8:46

    xG 0.39–0.18 (68%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. Nelson – Kuhnhackl – Beauvillier3:01

    xG 0.28–0.12 (69%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Barzal12:28

    xG 0.88–0.75 (54%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy11:46

    xG 0.83–0.34 (71%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews10:05

    xG 0.83–0.45 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Pulock11:46

    xG 0.57–0.55 (51%)attempts 7–14goals 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 3.6 xGDET 2.2 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 29/100 · #785 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 71% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

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

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