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Sat, Oct 23, 2021·Gila River Arena, Glendale

New York Islanders 3, Arizona Coyotes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1418112324
ARI0901007026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:32NYICal ClutterbuckGWGAssists: Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:49NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Josh Bailey, Noah Dobson · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 10:51NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 18:06ARILiam O'Brien: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:27NYIKyle Palmieri: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:32ARILiam O'Brien: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:32NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 18:26ARIJay Beagle: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ARI
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Beagle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIARI
24Shots on goal26
1.4Expected goals1.6
48Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won26
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
37Hits26
16Blocked shots14
5Giveaways8
6Takeaways3

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. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Beauvillier14:41

    xG 0.64–0.30 (68%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Parise – Pageau – Wahlstrom10:06

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:17

    xG 0.08–0.13 (38%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Barzal10:25

    xG 0.18–0.69 (21%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pelech16:39

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Pulock17:36

    xG 0.18–0.33 (36%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Dobson15:49

    xG 0.32–0.79 (29%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestLarsson – Crouse – Keller13:50

    xG 0.80–0.34 (70%)attempts 23–5goals 0–1

  2. Ladd – Beagle – Dzingel10:37

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  3. Eriksson – O'Brien – Fischer8:04

    xG 0.06–0.04 (61%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Jaskin – Schmaltz12:18

    xG 0.25–0.45 (36%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Chychrun18:33

    xG 0.73–0.49 (60%)attempts 19–19goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Soderstrom13:39

    xG 0.29–0.12 (70%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Timmins – Lyubushkin14:12

    xG 0.33–0.35 (49%)attempts 13–8goals 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.

ARI 1.6 xGNYI 1.4 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARINYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1282 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsNYI wins

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

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