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Mon, Nov 25, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Detroit Red Wings 4, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET150739421
NYI1719013229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:35NYIAnders LeeAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:25DETMoritz SeiderAssists: Andrew Copp, Christian Fischer · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:42NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Brock Nelson, Isaiah George · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:20DETDylan LarkinAssists: Justin Holl, Albert Johansson · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:53DETLucas RaymondGWGAssists: Simon Edvinsson, Moritz Seider · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:57DETSimon EdvinssonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.38 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:03DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:15NYIKyle MacLean: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 18:49DETSimon Edvinsson: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:26NYIMaxim Tsyplakov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 17:36NYIGrant Hutton: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 8:33DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 16:10NYIAnders Lee: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 16:10NYIAnders Lee: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 16:10DETBen Chiarot: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 16:10DETBen Chiarot: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← DET attackNYI 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.

DETNYI
21Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts56
13Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
24Hits23
11Blocked shots14
12Giveaways16
3Takeaways4

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestMotte – Compher – DeBrincat7:35

    xG 0.57–0.08 (88%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Veleno – Berggren – Kasper5:54

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Larkin – Raymond10:52

    xG 0.72–0.70 (51%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  4. DeBrincat – Berggren – Kasper2:03

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Johansson11:13

    xG 0.84–0.17 (83%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Seider – Edvinsson14:41

    xG 0.76–0.26 (75%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  3. Petry – Chiarot13:50

    xG 0.37–0.72 (34%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Pageau – Horvat11:00

    xG 0.62–0.38 (62%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov10:14

    xG 0.61–0.55 (52%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  3. Martin – Wahlstrom – MacLean6:27

    xG 0.05–0.15 (24%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Cizikas – Engvall – Holmstrom8:42

    xG 0.08–0.72 (10%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Dobson13:35

    xG 0.59–0.47 (56%)attempts 15–12goals 1–2

  2. Cholowski – Hutton8:56

    xG 0.04–0.04 (50%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Pulock – George16:28

    xG 0.62–1.50 (29%)attempts 13–26goals 1–1

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 2.6 xGDET 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 56/100 · #568 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsDET wins

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

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