Sat, Jan 11, 2025·Delta Center, Salt Lake City
New York Islanders 2, Utah Hockey Club 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYI | 014 | 05 | 213 | 232 |
| UTA | 05 | 110 | 07 | 122 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 1:13UTANick SchmaltzAssists: Michael Kesselring, Logan Cooley · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
- P3 3:36NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
- P3 18:35NYIMathew BarzalGWGAssists: Anders Lee, Brock Nelson · Snap, 0.24 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
- P1 1:27UTAKevin Stenlund: Tripping2 min
- P1 18:39UTABarrett Hayton: Tripping2 min
- P2 14:20NYINoah Dobson: Roughing2 min
- P2 18:47UTABarrett Hayton: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- P2 18:47NYIAdam Pelech: High sticking2 min
- P3 5:49UTAMichael Kesselring: High sticking2 min
- P3 13:32NYIAnders Lee: Interference goalkeeper2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Cooley
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestLee – Nelson – Barzal11:15
xG 1.13–0.07 (94%)attempts 19–3goals 2–0
- Cizikas – Pageau – Tsyplakov5:51
xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0
- Palmieri – Horvat – Tsyplakov3:51
xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0
- Martin – Engvall – MacLean6:10
xG 0.01–0.17 (3%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestPelech – Pulock7:39
xG 0.63–0.35 (64%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0
- Pulock – Cholowski3:03
xG 0.49–0.23 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
- Mayfield – Pelech6:19
xG 0.36–0.13 (74%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0
Utah Hockey Club
Forward lines
- bestHayton – Maccelli – Doan9:18
xG 0.42–0.14 (75%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0
- Kerfoot – Stenlund – McBain9:05
xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0
- Schmaltz – Keller – Cooley11:51
xG 0.46–0.68 (40%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1
- Bjugstad – O'Brien – Crouse7:11
xG 0.15–0.51 (23%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestCole – DeSimone2:00
xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
- Cole – Kesselring10:44
xG 0.59–0.66 (48%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1
- Välimäki – DeSimone11:44
xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
UTA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line UTA is favoured, below it NYI. Dots are goals.
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 70% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (UTA − NYI), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).