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Sun, Apr 11, 2021·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

New York Rangers 2, New York Islanders 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 68% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR082100701226
NYI217060712332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:47NYIKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Brock Nelson, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:52NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Jordan Eberle, Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:23NYRLibor HajekAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Filip Chytil · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:16NYRBrendan SmithAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Vitali Kravtsov · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:13NYIRyan PulockGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:23NYRChris Kreider: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:18NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Interference2 min
  3. P2 4:42NYIMatt Martin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:44NYRRyan Strome: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 3:54NYIMatt Martin: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:03NYRAdam Fox: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 18:31NYIScott Mayfield: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 18:31NYRPavel Buchnevich: High sticking2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRNYI
26Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals3.0
59Shot attempts49
22Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
21Hits27
10Blocked shots13
10Giveaways7
2Takeaways1

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestZibanejad – Buchnevich – Kravtsov5:31

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Rooney – Howden2:02

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Rooney – Howden2:37

    xG 0.08–0.01 (92%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich4:57

    xG 0.06–0.19 (24%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Lindgren3:06

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Hajek10:23

    xG 0.22–0.28 (43%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  3. Trouba – Miller14:12

    xG 0.44–0.97 (31%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Pageau – Wahlstrom8:12

    xG 0.63–0.08 (89%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Eberle – Barzal9:43

    xG 0.72–0.30 (71%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:31

    xG 0.47–0.21 (69%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier10:21

    xG 0.07–0.68 (9%)attempts 3–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Mayfield3:23

    xG 0.76–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 1–0

  2. Leddy – Mayfield8:57

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Greene – Dobson5:45

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 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.

NYI 3.0 xGNYR 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #291 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 68% of the time.

NYI winsNYR wins

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

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