Tue, Feb 16, 2021·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
New York Islanders 3, Buffalo Sabres 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 68% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYI | 210 | 05 | 19 | 324 |
| BUF | 09 | 03 | 08 | 020 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 4:43NYIAnders LeeGWGAssists: Noah Dobson, Josh Bailey · Deflected, 0.06 xG1–0
- P1 11:58NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Ryan Pulock, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
- P3 19:59NYIAnders LeeENAssists: Josh Bailey, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.66 xG3–0
Penalties (4)
- P1 4:58BUFRiley Sheahan: Tripping2 min
- P1 7:32NYIAdam Pelech: Holding2 min
- P2 8:00BUFTaylor Hall: High sticking2 min
- P3 12:24NYIAdam Pelech: Slashing2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Pageau
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestEberle – Lee – Barzal2:20
xG 0.17–0.07 (71%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
- Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:17
xG 0.15–0.26 (36%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0
- Eberle – Nelson – Dal Colle9:08
xG 0.15–0.29 (34%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0
- Pageau – Beauvillier – Wahlstrom10:42
xG 0.15–0.37 (29%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- Greene – Pulock2:39
xG 0.11–0.18 (37%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
- Leddy – Dobson3:10
xG 0.03–0.13 (21%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
- Greene – Dobson8:02
xG 0.18–0.36 (33%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestStaal – Hall – Reinhart12:32
xG 0.47–0.18 (72%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1
- Olofsson – Eichel – Thompson5:06
xG 0.68–0.53 (56%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0
- Sheahan – Asplund – Thompson4:50
xG 0.28–0.18 (60%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0
- Skinner – Olofsson – Eichel5:32
xG 0.03–0.03 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMiller – Dahlin17:43
xG 1.19–0.39 (75%)attempts 25–9goals 0–1
- McCabe – Borgen14:24
xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0
- Irwin – Jokiharju11:54
xG 0.39–0.71 (35%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BUF's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BUF is favoured, below it NYI. Dots are goals.
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 68% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BUF − NYI), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).