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Fri, Nov 29, 2024·Capital One Arena, Washington

New York Islanders 4, Washington Capitals 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 69% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI113380300424
WSH212052811526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:36NYISimon HolmstromAssists: Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:50WSHNic DowdAssists: Ivan Miroshnichenko, Brandon Duhaime · Snap, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:10WSHTom WilsonPPAssists: Connor McMichael, Dylan Strome · Slap, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:15NYIAnders LeeAssists: Noah Dobson, Isaiah George · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:28NYIKyle MacLeanAssists: Bo Horvat, Anders Lee · Snap, 0.24 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:09NYISimon HolmstromAssists: Dennis Cholowski, Bo Horvat · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 1:20WSHDylan StromePPAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Connor McMichael · Snap, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:24WSHTom WilsonAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Connor McMichael · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:20WSHJakob ChychrunGWGAssists: Dylan Strome, John Carlson · Snap, 0.16 xG4–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:28NYIMaxim Tsyplakov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:08WSHDylan Strome: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P1 15:36WSHRasmus Sandin: Interference2 min
  4. P1 18:09NYIPierre Engvall: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:05NYIAlexander Romanov: Interference2 min
  6. P3 0:05NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:10WSHNic Dowd: Slashing2 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 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWSH
24Shots on goal26
2.1Expected goals3.1
46Shot attempts60
38Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits21
19Blocked shots13
11Giveaways8
7Takeaways9

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. bestLee – Horvat – Holmstrom12:02

    xG 0.73–0.50 (60%)attempts 11–12goals 3–0

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov9:45

    xG 0.17–0.26 (39%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Martin – Fasching – MacLean8:07

    xG 0.02–0.14 (15%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Cizikas – Engvall – Wahlstrom6:20

    xG 0.09–0.48 (16%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Romanov11:41

    xG 0.37–0.08 (83%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Dobson – George11:44

    xG 0.62–0.35 (64%)attempts 8–13goals 2–1

  3. Dobson – Romanov5:14

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestDowd – Duhaime – Miroshnichenko3:55

    xG 0.38–0.00 (99%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Dowd – Raddysh – Protas4:34

    xG 0.39–0.15 (72%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Dubois – Duhaime – Miroshnichenko2:26

    xG 0.33–0.11 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Wilson – Dubois – McMichael6:35

    xG 0.33–0.13 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Sandin4:47

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Chychrun7:59

    xG 0.44–0.03 (94%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Carlson – Fehérváry9:00

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 8–9goals 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.

WSH 3.1 xGNYI 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #58 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.39 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 69% of the time.

WSH winsNYI wins

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

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