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Wed, Dec 13, 2023·UBS Arena, Elmont

Anaheim Ducks 3, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 72% of the time.

NYI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0229113324
NYI01321329435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:40NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Brock Nelson, Hudson Fasching · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:32NYICasey CizikasAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:47ANATroy TerryPPAssists: Pavel Mintyukov, Leo Carlsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:29ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Urho Vaakanainen, Brett Leason · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:07ANASam CarrickUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:46NYIMathew BarzalPPAssists: Bo Horvat, Noah Dobson · Slap, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:27NYISimon HolmstromSHGWGAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:40ANACam Fowler: Interference2 min
  2. P2 7:13NYISamuel Bolduc: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:14ANALeo Carlsson: Broken stick2 min
  4. P3 7:25ANACam Fowler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:00ANAJakob Silfverberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 18:15NYIRobert Bortuzzo: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANYI
24Shots on goal35
1.7Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts67
33Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits12
15Blocked shots12
5Giveaways14
6Takeaways5

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Terry – Carlsson13:36

    xG 0.47–0.22 (69%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Silfverberg – Jones10:09

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Strome – Vatrano2:02

    xG 0.01–0.13 (7%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Carrick – McGinn – Johnston7:21

    xG 0.08–0.38 (17%)attempts 3–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Vaakanainen13:53

    xG 0.56–0.20 (73%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Lyubushkin – Mintyukov15:11

    xG 0.12–0.53 (18%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – LaCombe16:41

    xG 0.33–0.87 (28%)attempts 8–22goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom7:50

    xG 0.27–0.07 (80%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Fasching10:35

    xG 0.37–0.23 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Lee – Horvat – Barzal11:46

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  4. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall12:02

    xG 0.13–0.57 (19%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDobson – Romanov19:36

    xG 0.71–0.28 (72%)attempts 22–13goals 1–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Bolduc11:32

    xG 0.31–0.29 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  3. Reilly – Aho15:54

    xG 0.56–0.72 (44%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

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.

NYI 2.9 xGANA 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #239 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 72% of the time.

NYI winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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