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Thu, Nov 20, 2025·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

New York Islanders 5, Detroit Red Wings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 55% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2821315526
DET0501509029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:46NYICalum RitchieGWGAssists: Maxim Shabanov, Adam Boqvist · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:54NYIMaxim ShabanovAssists: Casey Cizikas, Calum Ritchie · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:19NYIMathew BarzalUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 5:04NYIBo HorvatAssists: Ryan Pulock, Emil Heineman · Slap, 0.12 xG4–0
  5. P3 6:52NYIMaxim ShabanovAssists: Casey Cizikas · Backhand, 0.13 xG5–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:35DETJ.T. Compher: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:27DETSimon Edvinsson: Interference2 min
  3. P1 18:57NYIEmil Heineman: Interference2 min
  4. P1 18:57DETMoritz Seider: Embellishment2 min
  5. P2 12:27DETBen Chiarot: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P2 18:31DETMarco Kasper: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 9:04NYIScott Mayfield: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 9:04NYIScott Mayfield: Interference2 min
  9. P3 9:04DETBen Chiarot: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:04DETBen Chiarot: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 9:04NYIScott Mayfield: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 18:21NYITony DeAngelo: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 18:21DETMarco Kasper: Fighting5 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 SOG0DET
47% to win53% to win
← NYI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barzal won the faceoff against Compher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIDET
26Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals2.6
53Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won36
4Power plays1
21Penalty minutes37
8Hits23
15Blocked shots14
13Giveaways19
4Takeaways2

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. bestPalmieri – Horvat – Heineman8:30

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  2. Cizikas – Ritchie – Shabanov9:27

    xG 0.32–0.49 (39%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  3. Drouin – Barzal – Holmstrom10:51

    xG 0.14–0.35 (28%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Lee – Pageau – Duclair11:07

    xG 0.42–0.88 (32%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. DeAngelo – Boqvist2:27

    xG 0.06–0.12 (34%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Pulock – Schaefer11:55

    xG 0.56–0.63 (47%)attempts 12–12goals 3–0

  3. Pulock – Boqvist2:28

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAppleton – Rasmussen – Danielson4:33

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – DeBrincat – Raymond6:49

    xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Copp – Rasmussen2:16

    xG 0.15–0.06 (71%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  4. Kane – Compher – Kasper3:22

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Johansson11:07

    xG 0.90–0.38 (70%)attempts 17–6goals 0–2

  2. Seider – Edvinsson16:25

    xG 0.58–0.80 (42%)attempts 17–16goals 0–1

  3. Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka10:17

    xG 0.24–0.55 (31%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

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.

DET 2.6 xGNYI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1278 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 55% of the time.

DET winsNYI wins

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

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