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Thu, Mar 24, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Detroit Red Wings 2, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET013013213239
NYI25111210526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:09NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:07NYIOliver WahlstromAssists: Mathew Barzal, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:39NYIBrock NelsonPPGWGAssists: Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P3 1:19NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P3 13:25DETPius SuterAssists: Filip Hronek, Tyler Bertuzzi · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:07NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Anders Lee · Snap, 0.16 xG1–5
  7. P3 15:18DETSam GagnerAssists: Jakub Vrana · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:12NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Holding2 min
  2. P1 16:32NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 10:39DETTaro Hirose: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:11NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Suter won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
39Shots on goal26
3.7Expected goals3.4
70Shot attempts44
24Faceoffs won28
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
21Hits20
6Blocked shots20
13Giveaways20
8Takeaways9

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Erne – Pearson3:51

    xG 0.78–0.36 (68%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Vrana – Pearson2:13

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Sundqvist – Erne – Veleno2:41

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Vrana – Suter3:23

    xG 0.13–0.12 (51%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Lindstrom14:19

    xG 0.58–0.18 (76%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Oesterle – Seider18:12

    xG 0.95–0.78 (55%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Hronek11:41

    xG 0.86–0.76 (53%)attempts 12–12goals 1–3

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Nelson – Beauvillier11:48

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 9–8goals 2–1

  2. Bailey – Palmieri – Pageau10:21

    xG 0.48–0.52 (48%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Parise – Barzal – Wahlstrom11:38

    xG 0.71–0.92 (43%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  4. Martin – Cizikas – Bellows7:47

    xG 0.27–0.60 (31%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Aho10:54

    xG 0.84–0.73 (54%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Dobson13:23

    xG 0.65–0.62 (51%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  3. Chara – Aho2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 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.

NYI 3.4 xGDET 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #1067 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 53% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

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

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