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Tue, Feb 22, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

New York Islanders 5, Seattle Kraken 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 80% of the time.

SEA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI21321419536
SEA04111110225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:53NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:19NYIZach PariseAssists: Noah Dobson, Mathew Barzal · Deflected, 0.69 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:34NYIKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Zach Parise · Snap, 0.28 xG3–0
  4. P2 10:33NYICasey CizikasAssists: Scott Mayfield, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.19 xG4–0
  5. P2 11:18SEAYanni GourdeAssists: Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 1:35SEARiley SheahanUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:02NYIZach PariseENAssists: Zdeno Chara · Backhand, 0.79 xG5–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P3 6:54SEAMason Appleton: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 7:28NYIMathew Barzal: Hooking2 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 SOG0SEA
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Geekie
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISEA
36Shots on goal25
4.3Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts64
27Faceoffs won21
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
19Hits20
17Blocked shots16
5Giveaways10
5Takeaways8

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. bestParise – Palmieri – Barzal11:20

    xG 1.68–0.11 (94%)attempts 17–5goals 2–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas10:41

    xG 0.92–0.70 (57%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Bailey – Lee – Pageau12:02

    xG 0.25–0.29 (47%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

  4. Nelson – Beauvillier – Bellows11:55

    xG 0.34–0.58 (37%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock4:55

    xG 0.66–0.04 (94%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Dobson14:29

    xG 1.02–0.50 (67%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  3. Mayfield – Aho5:46

    xG 0.57–0.09 (86%)attempts 7–3goals 2–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Johansson – McCann15:05

    xG 0.84–0.75 (53%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Blackwell – Wennberg5:41

    xG 0.13–0.08 (64%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Sheahan – Blackwell – Geekie5:14

    xG 0.11–0.10 (52%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Czarnik – Geekie5:33

    xG 0.39–0.47 (45%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Dunn6:17

    xG 0.51–0.04 (93%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Oleksiak – Fleury12:35

    xG 0.61–0.26 (70%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Oleksiak – Dunn2:19

    xG 0.27–0.04 (87%)attempts 7–1goals 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.

SEA 2.4 xGNYI 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 62/100 · #556 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50SEA 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, New York Islanders win this game 80% of the time.

SEA winsNYI wins

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

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