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Sat, Jan 13, 2024·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

New York Islanders 1, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 64% of the time.

NSH winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0901016125
NSH0706315328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 12:00NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 15:08NSHLuke EvangelistaPPAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Philip Tomasino · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:52NSHAlexandre CarrierGWGAssists: Jeremy Lauzon, Filip Forsberg · Deflected, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:59NSHJuuso ParssinenENAssists: Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:09NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:37NSHJeremy Lauzon: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:14NSHJeremy Lauzon: Interference2 min
  4. P2 15:10NYIMatt Martin: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 13:13NYIKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINSH
25Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals2.6
58Shot attempts72
26Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
33Hits26
25Blocked shots23
18Giveaways19
13Takeaways12

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 – Barzal – Holmstrom5:05

    xG 0.21–0.03 (89%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Nelson – Fasching – Engvall8:22

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Pageau6:15

    xG 0.23–0.22 (52%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  4. Lee – Horvat – Wahlstrom4:59

    xG 0.07–0.36 (16%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Aho11:55

    xG 0.56–0.35 (61%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Dobson – Romanov18:29

    xG 0.77–0.86 (47%)attempts 20–28goals 1–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech14:39

    xG 0.04–0.28 (12%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg12:09

    xG 0.76–0.31 (71%)attempts 25–9goals 1–0

  2. Sissons – Gurianov – Trenin8:12

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. McCarron – Tomasino – Parssinen6:05

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Novak – Gurianov – Evangelista2:04

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro12:39

    xG 0.92–0.24 (79%)attempts 25–12goals 0–0

  2. McDonagh – Schenn12:25

    xG 0.46–0.29 (62%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Josi5:47

    xG 0.12–0.12 (48%)attempts 5–3goals 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.

NSH 2.6 xGNYI 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #713 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 64% of the time.

NSH winsNYI wins

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

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