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Sun, Mar 10, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Islanders 6, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI360637619
ANA0411009123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:11NYICasey CizikasAssists: Simon Holmstrom · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:28NYIKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Mike Reilly, Sebastian Aho · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:28NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–0
  4. P2 0:24ANAAlex KillornAssists: Max Jones, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 0:34NYIBo HorvatAssists: Brock Nelson, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–1
  6. P3 7:56NYIPierre EngvallUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–1
  7. P3 18:12NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Matt Martin, Kyle MacLean · Snap, 0.16 xG6–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:04ANAGustav Lindstrom: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:17ANAAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:17ANAAlex Killorn: Unsportsmanlike conduct bench2 min
  4. P1 17:08NYINoah Dobson: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 1:08ANAJakob Silfverberg: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 8:08NYIAlexander Romanov: Holding2 min
  7. P2 12:39ANALukas Dostal: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 9:27ANAMax Jones: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 9:27NYIAlexander Romanov: Roughing2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIANA
19Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals1.8
50Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won22
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
20Hits17
13Blocked shots15
11Giveaways8
9Takeaways9

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. bestCizikas – Engvall – Holmstrom8:37

    xG 0.78–0.40 (66%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – MacLean7:24

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Nelson – Horvat – Barzal9:35

    xG 0.55–0.29 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Palmieri – Lee – Pageau9:11

    xG 0.38–0.36 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Romanov11:57

    xG 0.98–0.36 (73%)attempts 8–12goals 3–0

  2. Reilly – Aho8:53

    xG 0.55–0.30 (65%)attempts 5–8goals 2–0

  3. Pelech – Dobson13:13

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Jones – McTavish9:42

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  2. Silfverberg – Lundeström – Meyers7:54

    xG 0.13–0.13 (50%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  3. Strome – Vatrano – Terry8:23

    xG 0.38–0.67 (36%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Johnston – Groulx – Leason7:04

    xG 0.05–0.38 (11%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Zellweger14:50

    xG 0.38–0.02 (95%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Lindstrom – LaCombe9:54

    xG 0.28–0.45 (38%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – Mintyukov12:21

    xG 0.43–0.99 (30%)attempts 10–18goals 1–3

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.

ANA 1.8 xGNYI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #992 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 66% of the time.

ANA winsNYI wins

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

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