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Wed, Feb 9, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Islanders 6, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI5130618627
VAN19212016337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:25NYIZach PariseAssists: Noah Dobson · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:43NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P1 3:56NYIAnders LeeAssists: Ryan Pulock, Cal Clutterbuck · Deflected, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P1 13:11NYICasey CizikasGWGAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Zdeno Chara · Deflected, 0.05 xG4–0
  5. P1 16:19NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Anders Lee, Cal Clutterbuck · Wrist, 0.20 xG5–0
  6. P1 18:56VANOliver Ekman-LarssonUnassisted · Snap, 0.15 xG5–1
  7. P2 13:04VANElias PetterssonAssists: Vasily Podkolzin · Wrist, 0.17 xG5–2
  8. P2 14:35VANLuke SchennAssists: Brad Hunt, Conor Garland · Snap, 0.01 xG5–3
  9. P3 14:19NYIMatt MartinAssists: Casey Cizikas, Scott Mayfield · Snap, 0.22 xG6–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:35VANLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:35NYIRoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:29NYIMatt Martin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 9:12NYIZdeno Chara: Interference2 min
  5. P3 3:27NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:27VANJ.T. Miller: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 3:27VANJ.T. Miller: High sticking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pettersson won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIVAN
27Shots on goal37
2.2Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts71
23Faceoffs won19
1Power plays2
11Penalty minutes9
27Hits33
18Blocked shots18
2Giveaways5
5Takeaways4

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 – Pageau – Wahlstrom10:03

    xG 0.61–0.20 (76%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Lee – Barzal8:08

    xG 0.34–0.25 (57%)attempts 10–5goals 2–1

  3. Martin – Cizikas – Beauvillier6:48

    xG 0.34–0.43 (44%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  4. Bailey – Nelson – Johnston9:10

    xG 0.18–0.38 (32%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Pulock15:12

    xG 1.14–0.39 (74%)attempts 15–15goals 3–1

  2. Chara – Dobson15:29

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

  3. Mayfield – Pelech15:11

    xG 0.27–0.88 (23%)attempts 13–20goals 2–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Hoglander – Podkolzin10:33

    xG 0.89–0.38 (70%)attempts 22–4goals 2–1

  2. Motte – Horvat – Garland12:58

    xG 0.31–0.30 (50%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  3. Chiasson – Dowling – Lammikko8:09

    xG 0.14–0.18 (43%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Pearson – Boeser11:24

    xG 0.48–0.60 (44%)attempts 9–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Burroughs6:39

    xG 0.38–0.02 (96%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Hunt6:25

    xG 0.28–0.05 (86%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  3. Burroughs – Juulsen5:17

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 7–3goals 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.

VAN 2.8 xGNYI 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #250 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

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

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