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Sat, Dec 4, 2021·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New York Islanders 3, Detroit Red Wings 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI131111801323
DET212160715430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:45NYICal ClutterbuckSHAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:18DETFilip HronekAssists: Adam Erne, Michael Rasmussen · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:37DETSam GagnerAssists: Givani Smith, Carter Rowney · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:49NYIOliver WahlstromPPAssists: Noah Dobson, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:19DETGivani SmithUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:33NYIOliver WahlstromPPAssists: Mathew Barzal, Zach Parise · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:33DETMoritz SeiderGWGAssists: Pius Suter, Filip Zadina · Slap, 0.07 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:15NYIAnders Lee: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 10:19NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 10:19NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 10:19NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 10:19DETAdam Erne: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 11:02NYIScott Mayfield: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 10:11DETSam Gagner: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 4:09DETGivani Smith: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 11:29DETMichael Rasmussen: Slashing2 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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Suter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDET
23Shots on goal30
2.2Expected goals3.2
54Shot attempts57
32Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
21Penalty minutes11
25Hits7
17Blocked shots20
5Giveaways7
1Takeaways6

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. Parise – Clutterbuck – Martin2:08

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

  2. Bailey – Lee – Barzal9:51

    xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Pageau – Bellows4:36

    xG 0.04–0.26 (14%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Dobson2:44

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Dobson10:31

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Mayfield10:00

    xG 0.62–0.59 (51%)attempts 17–11goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNamestnikov – Erne – Rasmussen9:46

    xG 0.34–0.13 (73%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Rowney – Smith5:35

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  3. Gagner – Namestnikov – Rowney2:23

    xG 0.07–0.01 (83%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Larkin – Fabbri – Raymond14:14

    xG 0.26–0.35 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLeddy – Seider4:24

    xG 0.34–0.13 (73%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Lindstrom7:22

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Hronek4:26

    xG 0.10–0.10 (52%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

DET 3.2 xGNYI 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #364 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

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

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