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Ice Lab

Tue, Feb 7, 2023·UBS Arena, Elmont

Seattle Kraken 0, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 63% of the time.

NYI winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA08013011032
NYI2921108428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:59NYISamuel BolducGWGAssists: Scott Mayfield, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:29NYISimon HolmstromAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:38NYIZach PariseAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Adam Pelech · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:08NYIBo HorvatAssists: Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.23 xG0–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 15:10NYIMathew Barzal: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P3 16:40SEAJamie Oleksiak: Cross checking2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEANYI
32Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals3.2
63Shot attempts52
21Faceoffs won30
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
31Hits25
13Blocked shots17
7Giveaways14
4Takeaways6

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Tanev – Geekie3:24

    xG 0.08–0.01 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Beniers2:00

    xG 0.10–0.05 (66%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Wennberg – McCann11:54

    xG 0.40–0.36 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen10:02

    xG 0.38–0.42 (47%)attempts 13–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Larsson – Dunn19:12

    xG 0.79–0.95 (45%)attempts 22–20goals 0–0

  2. Megna – Soucy15:09

    xG 0.60–0.77 (44%)attempts 13–11goals 0–2

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen14:50

    xG 0.35–0.72 (32%)attempts 13–13goals 0–2

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Lee – Nelson12:25

    xG 0.67–0.20 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Martin – Cizikas – Fasching9:25

    xG 0.66–0.33 (67%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Pageau – Holmstrom9:46

    xG 0.58–0.41 (58%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  4. Bailey – Horvat – Barzal10:45

    xG 0.67–0.53 (56%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAho – Dobson14:40

    xG 1.04–0.30 (78%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock17:21

    xG 0.94–0.75 (56%)attempts 15–17goals 1–0

  3. Mayfield – Bolduc18:08

    xG 0.73–0.70 (51%)attempts 17–23goals 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 3.2 xGSEA 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYISEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1306 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 63% of the time.

NYI winsSEA wins

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

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