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Thu, Nov 3, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

New York Islanders 5, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 60% of the time.

STL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01341413530
STL110012112234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:17STLVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Torey Krug, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:14NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Noah Dobson · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:06NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Anders Lee, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:05NYIJosh BaileyGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Oliver Wahlstrom · Poke, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:18NYIAnders LeeAssists: Brock Nelson, Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:40STLRobert ThomasPPAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:28NYIJean-Gabriel PageauENAssists: Alexander Romanov · Backhand, 0.39 xG5–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:53NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:58STLNiko Mikkola: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:30STLAlexey Toropchenko: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:45NYIAnders Lee: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 12:45STLNiko Mikkola: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 16:25NYINoah Dobson: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 7:09NYIAlexander Romanov: Holding2 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 SOG0STL
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Barbashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISTL
30Shots on goal34
3.7Expected goals3.0
50Shot attempts62
22Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
20Hits25
9Blocked shots8
6Giveaways8
17Takeaways10

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. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier10:42

    xG 0.43–0.40 (52%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Parise – Palmieri – Pageau10:39

    xG 0.29–0.54 (35%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:00

    xG 0.19–0.47 (28%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Barzal – Wahlstrom9:27

    xG 0.54–0.84 (39%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock16:20

    xG 1.07–0.79 (58%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  2. Dobson – Romanov13:35

    xG 0.63–0.45 (59%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  3. Mayfield – Aho10:55

    xG 0.67–0.78 (46%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestPitlick – Brown – Toropchenko3:47

    xG 0.39–0.03 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Barbashev10:23

    xG 0.86–0.67 (56%)attempts 21–11goals 1–1

  3. Kyrou – Thomas – Neighbours5:41

    xG 0.43–0.27 (61%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  4. Pitlick – Acciari – Brown2:05

    xG 0.14–0.02 (88%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Mikkola6:25

    xG 0.72–0.05 (93%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Krug14:07

    xG 0.88–0.40 (69%)attempts 19–7goals 1–1

  3. Bortuzzo – Leddy2:35

    xG 0.16–0.09 (64%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

STL 3.0 xGNYI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #696 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50STL 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, New York Islanders win this game 60% of the time.

STL winsNYI wins

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

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