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Wed, Mar 15, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Islanders 6, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 71% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI11321634633
ANA270818323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:25ANAMax JonesAssists: Cam Fowler, Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:24NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Pierre Engvall, Adam Pelech · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:47ANAKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Trevor Zegras, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:46NYIHudson FaschingAssists: Zach Parise, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:37NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Adam Pelech, Kyle Palmieri · Slap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:58NYIPierre EngvallGWGAssists: Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:02NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–2
  8. P3 12:45NYIZach PariseAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Backhand, 0.13 xG6–2
  9. P3 15:05ANAKevin ShattenkirkPPAssists: Frank Vatrano, Maxime Comtois · Slap, 0.05 xG6–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 1:16ANAMax Jones: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 10:19NYIKyle Palmieri: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 14:41NYIAnders Lee: Cross checking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundeström won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIANA
33Shots on goal23
2.4Expected goals1.3
61Shot attempts40
25Faceoffs won21
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
15Hits14
10Blocked shots20
6Giveaways11
5Takeaways6

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. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Engvall13:59

    xG 0.66–0.35 (65%)attempts 17–13goals 4–0

  2. Parise – Pageau – Fasching5:48

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 5–6goals 2–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:52

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Parise – Pageau – Holmstrom3:44

    xG 0.10–0.06 (60%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Dobson11:14

    xG 0.57–0.11 (84%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock4:09

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech7:24

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 6–4goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestTerry – Jones – McTavish6:36

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Strome – McGinn – Zegras4:49

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

  3. Vatrano – Jones – McTavish5:48

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  4. Strome – Terry – Zegras6:22

    xG 0.07–0.16 (32%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Fowler4:38

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Beaulieu – White13:10

    xG 0.29–0.31 (48%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

  3. Harrington – Benoit3:53

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

ANA 1.3 xGNYI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #487 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 71% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

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

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