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Fri, Feb 7, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 3, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 60% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2907119335
WPG1931206427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:05NYISimon HolmstromAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:27WPGAlex IafalloAssists: Dylan Samberg, Brad Lambert · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:07NYIMarc GatcombUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:23WPGGabriel VilardiAssists: Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:50WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Cole Perfetti, Vladislav Namestnikov · Snap, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:18WPGGabriel VilardiGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:07NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Anders Lee, Alexander Romanov · Snap, 0.30 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:05NYIBo Horvat: Interference2 min
  2. P2 8:42NYITony DeAngelo: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 1:02WPGCole Perfetti: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 6:09WPGColin Miller: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 13:11WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 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 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
35Shots on goal27
3.5Expected goals2.8
74Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won22
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
14Hits19
15Blocked shots18
15Giveaways10
6Takeaways8

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 – Pageau – Holmstrom8:47

    xG 0.59–0.14 (80%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Lee – Duclair – Horvat11:56

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 14–7goals 0–2

  3. Engvall – MacLean – Gatcomb7:35

    xG 0.22–0.39 (36%)attempts 5–6goals 1–1

  4. Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov12:29

    xG 0.49–0.65 (43%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoqvist – Romanov2:10

    xG 0.60–0.19 (76%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Pelech – Boqvist7:02

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 13–2goals 0–1

  3. Pelech – Perunovich12:45

    xG 0.61–0.45 (57%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNamestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti11:19

    xG 0.78–0.41 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi13:13

    xG 0.86–0.54 (62%)attempts 17–17goals 2–1

  3. Iafallo – Gustafsson – Lambert5:22

    xG 0.20–0.33 (38%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Niederreiter – Appleton – Kupari8:35

    xG 0.05–0.26 (16%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey16:42

    xG 0.90–0.54 (62%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Samberg – Pionk15:16

    xG 0.54–0.58 (48%)attempts 14–20goals 1–2

  3. Miller – Stanley11:19

    xG 0.34–0.79 (30%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

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.

WPG 2.8 xGNYI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #544 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 60% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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