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Fri, Dec 2, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Nashville Predators 4, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 55% of the time.

NYI winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH171927423
NYI09018122149

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:18NSHFilip ForsbergPPAssists: Matt Duchene, Roman Josi · Slap, 0.33 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:22NSHRoman JosiPPGWGAssists: Filip Forsberg, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 11:06NYIMathew BarzalPPAssists: Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:47NSHMatt DucheneENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.55 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:23NSHMikael GranlundENAssists: Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.75 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:12NSHJeremy Lauzon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 13:01NYICole Bardreau: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:02NSHTanner Jeannot: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 3:26NSHMichael McCarron: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:26NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:05NSHJeremy Lauzon: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 8:07NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 8:14NYISebastian Aho: Holding2 min
  9. P3 10:56NSHMichael McCarron: Hooking2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
49% to win51% to win
← NSH attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHNYI
23Shots on goal49
3.1Expected goals3.4
43Shot attempts77
32Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
28Hits28
17Blocked shots10
10Giveaways13
5Takeaways10

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJankowski – McCarron – Trenin7:42

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  2. Forsberg – Sissons – Jeannot7:01

    xG 0.04–0.23 (16%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  3. Johansen – Niederreiter – Smith10:14

    xG 0.24–0.65 (27%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Parssinen10:01

    xG 0.17–0.66 (21%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Carrier14:31

    xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Lauzon – Fabbro9:52

    xG 0.30–0.42 (42%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Lauzon2:13

    xG 0.03–0.31 (8%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Nelson – Beauvillier12:32

    xG 0.63–0.40 (61%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Bailey – Pageau9:04

    xG 0.39–0.20 (67%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Cizikas – Bardreau3:31

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Barzal – Wahlstrom – Holmstrom8:17

    xG 0.10–0.10 (51%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAho – Dobson13:53

    xG 0.70–0.31 (69%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock15:38

    xG 0.71–0.40 (64%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Romanov12:56

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 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 xGNSH 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYINSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 30/100 · #991 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 55% of the time.

NYI winsNSH wins

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

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