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Fri, Jan 27, 2023·UBS Arena, Elmont

Detroit Red Wings 0, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 83% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0501305023
NYI09110110229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:44NYIAnders LeeGWGAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Brock Nelson · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:31NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:40DETOlli Maatta: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:22NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 12:54DETJoseph Veleno: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 1:29NYIScott Mayfield: Holding2 min
  5. P2 7:10DETJonatan Berggren: Holding2 min
  6. P2 13:27NYIZach Parise: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 19:14DETDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 19:14NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 0:55NYIMathew Barzal: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 9:14DETPius Suter: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETNYI
23Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals4.1
45Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won24
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
21Hits27
12Blocked shots10
6Giveaways9
4Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Kubalik – Erne – Suter4:02

    xG 0.02–0.06 (25%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Erne – Rasmussen – Suter2:17

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond9:01

    xG 0.13–0.49 (21%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Fabbri – Veleno – Berggren8:27

    xG 0.06–0.52 (11%)attempts 2–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Walman – Seider11:53

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Hronek9:58

    xG 0.20–0.66 (23%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Lindstrom8:59

    xG 0.10–0.67 (13%)attempts 8–10goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Lee – Nelson9:33

    xG 1.03–0.27 (79%)attempts 15–5goals 2–0

  2. Cizikas – Barzal – Beauvillier6:03

    xG 0.64–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Pageau – Holmstrom7:01

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Barzal – Beauvillier – Räty2:09

    xG 0.10–0.02 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock13:58

    xG 1.07–0.26 (80%)attempts 17–11goals 2–0

  2. Mayfield – Romanov14:42

    xG 0.75–0.42 (64%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Aho – Bolduc7:33

    xG 0.19–0.10 (67%)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.

NYI 4.1 xGDET 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1202 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 83% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

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

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