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Fri, Dec 23, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Florida Panthers 1, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 86% of the time.

NYI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA180609123
NYI012216315543

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:09FLAMatthew TkachukAssists: Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:20NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Noah Dobson, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:15NYIRyan PulockGWGAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:10NYIAatu RätyAssists: Anders Lee, Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:21NYIZach PariseAssists: Alexander Romanov · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:50NYIAnthony BeauvillierENAssists: Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.68 xG1–5
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 0:52FLAGrigori Denisenko: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 7:16NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 7:16FLAAaron Ekblad: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 9:38FLANick Cousins: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 10:55NYINoah Dobson: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 12:06FLASam Reinhart: High sticking2 min
  7. P1 14:11FLAGivani Smith: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 14:11NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 15:54FLAGustav Forsling: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P2 5:20NYIBrock Nelson: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 14:00NYINoah Dobson: Cross checking2 min
  12. P2 19:57FLACarter Verhaeghe: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 18:07NYIMatt Martin: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 18:07FLABrandon Montour: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 18:53FLAGivani Smith: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANYI
23Shots on goal43
2.3Expected goals5.0
48Shot attempts81
25Faceoffs won22
3Power plays6
29Penalty minutes23
15Hits16
20Blocked shots16
9Giveaways2
2Takeaways5

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Lundell3:02

    xG 0.14–0.12 (53%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell4:44

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Bennett – Tkachuk – Luostarinen2:17

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

  4. Dalpe – Smith – Denisenko4:03

    xG 0.16–0.43 (28%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Kiersted3:28

    xG 0.34–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Forsling2:55

    xG 0.14–0.09 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Mahura4:47

    xG 0.02–0.09 (19%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParise – Pageau – Holmstrom5:49

    xG 0.87–0.21 (81%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  2. Martin – Fasching – Räty2:23

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Barzal – Wahlstrom6:18

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier3:52

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Wotherspoon11:01

    xG 1.02–0.16 (87%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  2. Aho – Dobson9:16

    xG 0.60–0.20 (75%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  3. Mayfield – Romanov11:32

    xG 0.69–0.38 (64%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

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 5.0 xGFLA 2.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #866 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 86% of the time.

NYI winsFLA wins

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

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