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Tue, Jan 9, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Vancouver Canucks 5, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 89% of the time.

NYI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN21121716534
NYI0111415220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:25VANFilip HronekAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:42VANQuinn HughesUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:20VANElias PetterssonGWGAssists: J.T. Miller, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:11NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:24VANTyler MyersAssists: Teddy Blueger, Conor Garland · Slap, 0.06 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:15NYIBrock NelsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:32VANDakota JoshuaENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.53 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:10NYIMathew Barzal: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:23NYIAnders Lee: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 2:13NYINoah Dobson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:39VANTeddy Blueger: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:36VANSam Lafferty: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 16:17NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackNYI 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.

VANNYI
34Shots on goal20
3.8Expected goals1.3
64Shot attempts35
21Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
20Hits31
10Blocked shots17
11Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Pettersson10:32

    xG 0.90–0.43 (68%)attempts 13–11goals 2–1

  2. Blueger – Joshua – Garland9:27

    xG 0.58–0.24 (70%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Lafferty – Hoglander – Aman8:08

    xG 0.25–0.08 (76%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Suter – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko9:47

    xG 0.32–0.34 (49%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes15:37

    xG 1.12–0.14 (89%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. Myers – Soucy12:47

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Soucy – Zadorov2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Engvall9:34

    xG 0.65–0.30 (68%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Lee – Horvat – Barzal10:36

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas2:25

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Pageau2:01

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Dobson – Romanov16:24

    xG 0.48–0.47 (51%)attempts 15–13goals 0–2

  2. Mayfield – Romanov2:14

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Aho11:11

    xG 0.22–0.40 (35%)attempts 6–9goals 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.

NYI 1.3 xGVAN 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #705 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NYI 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 89% of the time.

NYI winsVAN wins

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

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