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Sat, Oct 28, 2023·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

New York Islanders 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 56% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI114010110234
CBJ01107016034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:45NYIKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Pierre Engvall, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:39NYIMatt MartinAssists: Casey Cizikas · Snap, 0.24 xG2–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:27CBJJohnny Gaudreau: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:01CBJJack Roslovic: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:40NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:06NYINoah Dobson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 11:13CBJEmil Bemstrom: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 7:22NYIKyle Palmieri: Hooking2 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 SOG0CBJ
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICBJ
34Shots on goal34
3.9Expected goals3.5
74Shot attempts69
23Faceoffs won17
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits10
19Blocked shots15
1Giveaways4
3Takeaways7

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 – Engvall9:56

    xG 1.08–0.18 (85%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  2. Lee – Horvat – Wahlstrom4:24

    xG 0.44–0.17 (72%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Pageau – Wahlstrom – Holmstrom4:57

    xG 0.24–0.15 (61%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:54

    xG 0.60–0.53 (53%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Dobson14:16

    xG 1.46–1.04 (58%)attempts 25–13goals 1–0

  2. Pulock – Romanov15:21

    xG 0.72–0.68 (52%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0

  3. Aho – Bolduc8:32

    xG 0.57–0.65 (46%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestTexier – Bemstrom – Fantilli8:36

    xG 1.09–0.54 (67%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  2. Kuraly – Olivier – Voronkov5:27

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Jenner – Roslovic12:36

    xG 0.87–0.97 (47%)attempts 22–16goals 0–1

  4. Danforth – Johnson – Sillinger7:08

    xG 0.24–0.65 (27%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Bean11:44

    xG 1.12–0.60 (65%)attempts 11–20goals 0–1

  2. Provorov – Jiricek9:58

    xG 0.96–0.81 (54%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Werenski14:13

    xG 0.53–0.70 (43%)attempts 18–16goals 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.

CBJ 3.5 xGNYI 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1175 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 56% of the time.

CBJ winsNYI wins

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

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