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Tue, Oct 29, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Anaheim Ducks 3, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 83% of the time.

NYI winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA191716322
NYI013010118141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:05ANALeo CarlssonPPAssists: Frank Vatrano, Mason McTavish · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:07ANATroy TerryPPGWGAssists: Mason McTavish, Olen Zellweger · Snap, 0.36 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:31NYIMathew BarzalPPAssists: Bo Horvat, Noah Dobson · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:00ANAFrank VatranoENAssists: Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.53 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:27NYIPierre Engvall: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:11ANAFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:10ANABrian Dumoulin: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 13:01NYIPierre Engvall: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:29ANAFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:08ANARobby Fabbri: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:02NYIMaxim Tsyplakov: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against McTavish
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANANYI
22Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals4.4
50Shot attempts91
19Faceoffs won39
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
22Hits16
25Blocked shots14
14Giveaways13
8Takeaways6

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Zegras – Gauthier8:42

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Fabbri – Terry – Carlsson10:37

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Johnston – Lundeström8:03

    xG 0.16–0.65 (20%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Vatrano – McTavish8:49

    xG 0.12–0.83 (12%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – LaCombe11:23

    xG 0.34–0.22 (61%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Mintyukov15:06

    xG 0.36–0.67 (35%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Zellweger16:29

    xG 0.26–1.88 (12%)attempts 16–31goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Barzal – Holmstrom6:46

    xG 0.85–0.12 (88%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Fasching – Engvall – MacLean7:02

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Nelson – Barzal2:38

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Cizikas – Lee – Pageau6:36

    xG 0.12–0.13 (48%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Mayfield3:54

    xG 0.70–0.05 (93%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Reilly – Dobson14:37

    xG 0.83–0.42 (66%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Cholowski6:55

    xG 0.56–0.18 (76%)attempts 15–7goals 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 4.4 xGANA 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #1032 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 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, New York Islanders win this game 83% of the time.

NYI winsANA wins

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

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