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Sun, Feb 27, 2022·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Islanders 4, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 64% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI171728422
ANA01209013034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:41NYINoah DobsonGWGAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Kyle Palmieri · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:33NYICasey CizikasAssists: Ross Johnston, Cal Clutterbuck · Snap, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P3 11:43NYIAndy GreeneAssists: Ross Johnston, Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 15:06NYIKieffer BellowsAssists: Oliver Wahlstrom, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:10NYIBrock Nelson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 5:17ANATroy Terry: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 6:23NYIOliver Wahlstrom: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 16:55ANATrevor Zegras: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 16:55NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Interference2 min
  6. P1 18:40ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:28NYIAnders Lee: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:28ANAMaxime Comtois: Roughing2 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundeström won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIANA
22Shots on goal34
2.5Expected goals1.8
44Shot attempts63
28Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
8Penalty minutes8
25Hits21
20Blocked shots6
9Giveaways11
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. bestClutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston10:39

    xG 0.62–0.22 (74%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Bellows – Wahlstrom8:39

    xG 0.38–0.28 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Parise – Palmieri – Pageau11:45

    xG 0.15–0.14 (51%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier11:17

    xG 0.31–0.42 (42%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Dobson11:44

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Pulock – Aho13:16

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Pulock2:16

    xG 0.07–0.13 (36%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestRakell – Milano – Zegras2:02

    xG 0.18–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Milano – Terry5:19

    xG 0.19–0.16 (55%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Steel – Lundeström5:30

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Getzlaf – Terry – Steel2:37

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Fowler16:38

    xG 0.52–0.13 (80%)attempts 18–7goals 0–1

  2. Fowler – Mahura2:04

    xG 0.11–0.11 (51%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Mahura – Benoit11:29

    xG 0.43–0.46 (48%)attempts 12–7goals 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.

ANA 1.8 xGNYI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1230 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50ANA 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 64% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

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

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