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Mon, Jan 15, 2024·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

New York Islanders 0, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 78% of the time.

MIN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0100308021
MIN11222028540

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:11MINMats ZuccarelloPPGWGAssists: Brock Faber, Matt Boldy · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:18MINConnor DewarUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:36MINJoel Eriksson EkPPAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:09MINJoel Eriksson EkSHAssists: Marcus Foligno, Zach Bogosian · Snap, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P3 19:03MINMarcus FolignoAssists: Frederick Gaudreau, Jonas Brodin · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:05NYIAnders Lee: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:04MINMarcus Foligno: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 9:57NYINoah Dobson: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:41NYIKyle Palmieri: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 2:35MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Holding2 min
  6. P2 12:35NYIBo Horvat: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:57MINRyan Hartman: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 19:37NYIKyle Palmieri: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 13:01MINKirill Kaprizov: High sticking double minor4 min
  10. P3 13:09NYIAnders Lee: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rossi won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIMIN
21Shots on goal40
1.8Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won29
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
28Hits14
12Blocked shots14
2Giveaways3
4Takeaways5

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. Clutterbuck – Martin – Pageau2:09

    xG 0.01–0.03 (19%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom4:38

    xG 0.22–0.25 (46%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

  3. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall7:15

    xG 0.29–0.37 (43%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Nelson – Fasching2:00

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Aho9:13

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

  2. Mayfield – Pelech10:56

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Dobson – Romanov11:05

    xG 0.27–0.68 (28%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Duhaime – Dewar8:30

    xG 0.53–0.11 (83%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy6:44

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau8:35

    xG 0.63–0.46 (58%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  4. Maroon – Foligno – Hartman2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiddleton – Faber13:07

    xG 0.82–0.19 (81%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Mermis – Hunt10:07

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  3. Bogosian – Brodin12:56

    xG 0.33–0.48 (40%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

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.

MIN 3.5 xGNYI 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1235 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 78% of the time.

MIN winsNYI wins

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

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