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Tue, Feb 28, 2023·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

New York Islanders 1, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO)

Expected result

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

MIN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI11506014050140
MIN1150806021231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:15NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Scott Mayfield, Otto Koivula · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:00MINRyan ReavesAssists: Jordan Greenway · Bat, 0.19 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Mats Zuccarello stopped
  2. 2. NYI Simon Holmstrom stopped
  3. 3. MIN Kirill Kaprizov stopped
  4. 4. NYI Bo Horvat stopped
  5. 5. MIN Frederick Gaudreau scored
  6. 6. NYI Kyle Palmieri stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 2:06MINRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:06NYIRoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:03NYIZach Parise: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIMIN
40Shots on goal31
3.6Expected goals2.9
63Shot attempts56
25Faceoffs won17
0Power plays1
7Penalty minutes5
27Hits26
16Blocked shots13
5Giveaways4
3Takeaways6

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. bestLee – Horvat – Holmstrom8:37

    xG 1.21–0.23 (84%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Johnston – Koivula2:29

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Cizikas – Fasching10:28

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  4. Parise – Palmieri – Nelson11:49

    xG 0.38–0.61 (38%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Romanov17:32

    xG 1.25–0.61 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech17:57

    xG 0.70–0.35 (67%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Dobson3:03

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Greenway – Duhaime9:57

    xG 0.63–0.21 (75%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Reaves – Shaw – Dewar5:35

    xG 0.36–0.43 (46%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Boldy13:15

    xG 0.56–0.85 (40%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov16:59

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Middleton17:54

    xG 1.08–0.73 (60%)attempts 21–13goals 0–0

  2. Merrill – Addison13:31

    xG 0.60–0.59 (50%)attempts 9–17goals 1–1

  3. Dumba – Middleton3:03

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

MIN 2.9 xGNYI 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #1141 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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.

MIN winsNYI wins

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

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