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Thu, Nov 14, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Islanders 5, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 82% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1921528532
VAN1303120226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:40VANJonathan LekkerimäkiAssists: J.T. Miller, Filip Hronek · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:23NYIJean-Gabriel PageauPPAssists: Anders Lee, Oliver Wahlstrom · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:14NYIScott MayfieldAssists: Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.00 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:10NYIPierre EngvallGWGAssists: Simon Holmstrom, Grant Hutton · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:42NYIAnders LeeAssists: Bo Horvat · Snap, 0.24 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:54NYINoah DobsonENAssists: Grant Hutton, Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.57 xG5–1
  7. P3 18:34VANTyler MyersAssists: Teddy Blueger · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:41VANJonathan Lekkerimäki: Holding2 min
  2. P1 16:33VANCarson Soucy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:49VANTeddy Blueger: Holding2 min
  4. P2 14:03NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 14:03VANVincent Desharnais: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 19:03VANNils Hoglander: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 12:26VANDakota Joshua: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 15:06NYIScott Mayfield: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIVAN
32Shots on goal26
4.0Expected goals1.9
57Shot attempts57
32Faceoffs won22
5Power plays1
7Penalty minutes15
14Hits26
16Blocked shots14
14Giveaways16
6Takeaways6

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 – Holmstrom10:10

    xG 0.83–0.25 (77%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov10:45

    xG 0.69–0.35 (66%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Lee – Pageau – Horvat9:21

    xG 0.32–0.14 (70%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  4. Martin – Wahlstrom – MacLean4:52

    xG 0.04–0.23 (15%)attempts 1–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pulock18:24

    xG 0.93–0.50 (65%)attempts 18–21goals 1–1

  2. Cholowski – Hutton10:36

    xG 0.54–0.14 (80%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Dobson – George12:08

    xG 0.56–0.35 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestJoshua – Hoglander – Räty6:52

    xG 0.21–0.08 (71%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Suter – Lekkerimäki9:41

    xG 0.17–0.10 (62%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  3. DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson10:41

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood6:57

    xG 0.15–0.71 (17%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Brannstrom3:10

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Hughes4:12

    xG 0.13–0.12 (52%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Soucy – Hronek3:27

    xG 0.13–0.21 (39%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

VAN 1.9 xGNYI 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #757 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 82% of the time.

VAN winsNYI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).