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Sat, Jan 6, 2024·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

New York Islanders 2, Vegas Golden Knights 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

VGK winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1140619229
VGK11021129530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:25VGKJack EichelAssists: Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Pietrangelo · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:13NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Bo Horvat, Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:11VGKPavel DorofeyevAssists: Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:41VGKNicolas RoyGWGAssists: Brett Howden, Keegan Kolesar · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:31VGKJack EichelPPAssists: Lukas Cormier · Snap, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:42NYIMatt MartinAssists: Casey Cizikas · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P3 4:20VGKNicolas RoyAssists: Keegan Kolesar · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:11VGKIvan Barbashev: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 18:41NYIMatt Martin: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min · PPG
  3. P3 8:24VGKTobias Bjornfot: Boarding2 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 SOG0VGK
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIVGK
29Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals2.2
60Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
34Hits22
17Blocked shots18
3Giveaways11
3Takeaways11

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 – Engvall12:14

    xG 0.71–0.32 (69%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Horvat – Barzal12:35

    xG 0.52–0.63 (45%)attempts 21–16goals 1–3

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:50

    xG 0.30–0.46 (39%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom8:22

    xG 0.10–0.29 (25%)attempts 2–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Dobson4:43

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Aho – Romanov2:41

    xG 0.27–0.18 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 1–1

  3. Dobson – Romanov15:59

    xG 0.47–0.48 (49%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestStone – Stephenson – Dorofeyev11:07

    xG 0.67–0.16 (81%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Amadio – Denisenko – Cotter12:16

    xG 0.74–0.38 (66%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  3. Kolesar – Roy – Howden10:21

    xG 0.25–0.22 (54%)attempts 8–5goals 2–0

  4. Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel12:58

    xG 0.30–0.94 (24%)attempts 15–23goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Cormier17:30

    xG 0.77–0.42 (65%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  2. Martinez – Pietrangelo15:41

    xG 0.65–0.54 (54%)attempts 17–19goals 3–1

  3. Hague – Bjornfot17:23

    xG 0.61–0.89 (41%)attempts 21–16goals 0–1

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.

VGK 2.2 xGNYI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #692 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 53% of the time.

VGK winsNYI wins

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

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