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Mon, Apr 10, 2023·Capital One Arena, Washington

New York Islanders 2, Washington Capitals 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI01409217240
WSH31001025525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:36WSHDylan StromeAssists: John Carlson · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:03WSHRasmus SandinAssists: Craig Smith, Nicklas Backstrom · Snap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:13WSHCraig SmithGWGAssists: Martin Fehérváry · Snap, 0.29 xG0–3
  4. P3 14:52NYIHudson FaschingAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:44WSHTom WilsonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–4
  6. P3 16:43NYICasey CizikasAssists: Bo Horvat, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:50WSHDylan StromeENAssists: Conor Sheary, Tom Wilson · Wrist, 0.40 xG2–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:43WSHCraig Smith: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 17:36WSHTom Wilson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 17:36NYIPierre Engvall: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 3:44WSHTom Wilson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 6:39WSHJohn Carlson: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0WSH
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWSH
40Shots on goal25
3.8Expected goals3.6
94Shot attempts49
43Faceoffs won27
3Power plays0
2Penalty minutes8
16Hits17
13Blocked shots27
13Giveaways22
5Takeaways4

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 – Pageau – Horvat4:14

    xG 0.57–0.01 (99%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Horvat – Holmstrom6:27

    xG 0.35–0.09 (79%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas4:54

    xG 0.04–0.04 (52%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall10:50

    xG 0.61–0.75 (45%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAho – Dobson3:17

    xG 0.74–0.18 (80%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Dobson – Bolduc4:22

    xG 0.58–0.29 (67%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Dobson5:44

    xG 0.29–0.10 (75%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestBackstrom – Smith – Snively11:13

    xG 0.91–0.53 (63%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  2. Wilson – Sheary – Strome10:21

    xG 0.75–0.69 (52%)attempts 17–20goals 1–0

  3. Kuznetsov – Wilson – Milano2:39

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn – Protas6:15

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Irwin – Alexeyev12:32

    xG 0.54–0.54 (50%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Carlson – Fehérváry14:09

    xG 0.63–0.81 (44%)attempts 11–19goals 2–0

  3. Jensen – Sandin14:37

    xG 0.68–0.86 (44%)attempts 13–28goals 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.

WSH 3.6 xGNYI 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #737 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WSH 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 52% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).