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Wed, Nov 15, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Islanders 3, Vancouver Canucks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 84% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI2131901100333
VAN01421411213443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:30NYIPierre EngvallPPAssists: Oliver Wahlstrom, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:52NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Noah Dobson, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:39VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:33NYIBo HorvatAssists: Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:03VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:30VANFilip HronekPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Slap, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:36VANQuinn HughesGWGAssists: J.T. Miller, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:01VANIan Cole: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:37VANIan Cole: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:51NYICal Clutterbuck: Boarding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:24NYINoah Dobson: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:08NYIAnders Lee: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 1:36NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 6:45NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:45NYINoah Dobson: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIVAN
33Shots on goal43
2.3Expected goals4.6
58Shot attempts87
30Faceoffs won39
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
24Hits31
17Blocked shots14
1Giveaways8
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. bestHorvat – Barzal – Holmstrom13:29

    xG 0.59–0.11 (84%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall11:42

    xG 0.21–0.41 (33%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas5:05

    xG 0.10–0.53 (15%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Lee – Pageau – Wahlstrom9:42

    xG 0.22–1.23 (15%)attempts 3–24goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDobson – Romanov2:37

    xG 0.69–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Aho – Dobson3:08

    xG 0.04–0.02 (65%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Pulock – Romanov13:29

    xG 0.52–0.51 (51%)attempts 21–21goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlueger – Joshua – Garland8:32

    xG 1.12–0.24 (83%)attempts 19–2goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko7:28

    xG 0.89–0.17 (84%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Lafferty – Beauvillier – Hoglander5:41

    xG 0.37–0.13 (74%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser10:54

    xG 0.07–0.87 (7%)attempts 5–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Friedman6:41

    xG 1.08–0.14 (88%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Hronek10:03

    xG 0.86–0.26 (77%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Friedman – Hronek2:22

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 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.

VAN 4.6 xGNYI 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #250 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.06 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 84% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

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

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