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Thu, Apr 29, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

New York Islanders 4, New York Rangers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2101918427
NYR0701008025

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:27NYILeo KomarovGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:39NYIOliver WahlstromPPAssists: Brock Nelson, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:03NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Scott Mayfield, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P3 14:26NYIMathew BarzalENAssists: Scott Mayfield · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:56NYRArtemi Panarin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:56NYRPavel Buchnevich: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:39NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 2:39NYRPavel Buchnevich: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 10:01NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:19NYIMathew Barzal: Boarding2 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 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Rooney
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINYR
27Shots on goal25
3.5Expected goals2.4
54Shot attempts57
32Faceoffs won18
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits26
17Blocked shots12
5Giveaways12
7Takeaways6

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. bestKomarov – Eberle – Barzal9:59

    xG 0.70–0.42 (63%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Palmieri – Pageau – Wahlstrom6:37

    xG 0.10–0.04 (70%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas10:14

    xG 0.37–0.35 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier9:56

    xG 0.49–0.92 (35%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock13:58

    xG 0.53–0.27 (67%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Mayfield11:22

    xG 0.60–0.33 (64%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Dobson3:41

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestChytil – Kravtsov – Kakko7:12

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Blackwell – Strome – Panarin9:04

    xG 0.56–0.36 (61%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Di Giuseppe – Rooney – Howden7:02

    xG 0.33–0.18 (65%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Buchnevich – Chytil – Kakko2:05

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Miller9:28

    xG 0.75–0.38 (66%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Fox – Lindgren5:53

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Jones3:44

    xG 0.20–0.06 (77%)attempts 8–2goals 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 2.4 xGNYI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 5/100 · #803 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 69% 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).