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Mon, Feb 8, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

New York Islanders 2, New York Rangers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 55% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0701429230
NYR09010011030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 11:15NYICasey CizikasGWGAssists: Matt Martin, Adam Pelech · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:20NYIMatt MartinAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Mathew Barzal · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:21NYIMichael Dal Colle: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:14NYINoah Dobson: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 16:13NYRJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 19:06NYIAdam Pelech: Delaying game puck over glass2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barzal won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINYR
30Shots on goal30
2.5Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts48
17Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
25Hits25
14Blocked shots19
6Giveaways12
7Takeaways11

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. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:20

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Eberle – Lee – Barzal3:21

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Pageau – Wahlstrom8:09

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Barzal9:38

    xG 0.54–0.53 (51%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock12:27

    xG 0.81–0.54 (60%)attempts 15–6goals 2–0

  2. Leddy – Mayfield14:13

    xG 0.51–0.34 (60%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Leddy3:09

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich11:49

    xG 0.62–0.51 (55%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Di Giuseppe – Howden – Lafrenière9:54

    xG 0.58–0.59 (49%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  3. Lemieux – Rooney – Gauthier8:14

    xG 0.04–0.20 (17%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Panarin – Kakko12:50

    xG 0.41–0.69 (37%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren17:33

    xG 0.41–0.27 (61%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Bitetto – Hajek11:55

    xG 0.40–0.57 (42%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Miller16:46

    xG 0.73–1.07 (41%)attempts 12–24goals 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.

NYR 2.7 xGNYI 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #858 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 Rangers win this game 55% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

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

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