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Thu, Mar 21, 2024·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New York Islanders 3, Detroit Red Wings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0919218336
DET073938624

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:15DETChristian FischerAssists: Michael Rasmussen, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:25NYIMike ReillyAssists: Kyle MacLean, Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:00DETAndrew CoppAssists: Christian Fischer, Ben Chiarot · Snap, 0.33 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:08DETDylan LarkinAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Snap, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:12DETAndrew CoppGWGAssists: Christian Fischer, Michael Rasmussen · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:22DETPatrick KaneAssists: Alex DeBrincat, Shayne Gostisbehere · Snap, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P3 9:34NYIJean-Gabriel PageauPPAssists: Ryan Pulock, Pierre Engvall · Snap, 0.04 xG2–5
  8. P3 11:20NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Adam Pelech, Anders Lee · Snap, 0.02 xG3–5
  9. P3 16:15DETDylan LarkinENAssists: Lucas Raymond · Wrist, 0.55 xG3–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:12DETOlli Maatta: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 11:51NYICal Clutterbuck: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:08DETJ.T. Compher: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 13:39DETMichael Rasmussen: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 8:00DETMichael Rasmussen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:39NYIRobert Bortuzzo: Cross checking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDET
36Shots on goal24
3.0Expected goals2.7
70Shot attempts42
38Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits27
11Blocked shots22
2Giveaways9
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. Lee – Fasching – Barzal12:28

    xG 0.51–0.50 (50%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Pageau – Engvall – Holmstrom10:08

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – MacLean8:37

    xG 0.11–0.23 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 1–1

  4. Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat10:47

    xG 0.45–0.89 (34%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Dobson13:16

    xG 0.58–0.06 (90%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Dobson – Romanov2:10

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Dobson2:53

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCopp – Fischer – Rasmussen8:55

    xG 1.00–0.34 (75%)attempts 11–11goals 3–1

  2. Kane – Compher – DeBrincat11:18

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Fabbri – Czarnik – Veleno6:36

    xG 0.08–0.25 (25%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  4. Perron – Larkin – Raymond11:48

    xG 0.35–0.55 (39%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Seider12:26

    xG 0.92–0.49 (65%)attempts 13–15goals 2–0

  2. Petry – Edvinsson15:23

    xG 0.69–0.62 (52%)attempts 12–14goals 2–2

  3. Maatta – Gostisbehere15:11

    xG 0.28–0.36 (44%)attempts 8–9goals 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.

DET 2.7 xGNYI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #365 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DET 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 54% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

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

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