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Sat, Feb 18, 2012·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR19215012336
NYI18213110431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:07NYIKyle OkposoAssists: Michael Grabner, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:47CARBrandon SutterAssists: Patrick Dwyer · Backhand, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:15CARJiri TlustyAssists: Jerome Samson · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:10NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Andrew MacDonald, PA Parenteau · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:01NYIFrans NielsenPPAssists: John Tavares, PA Parenteau · Slap, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:58CARJaroslav SpacekAssists: Eric Staal · Slap, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. P3 0:38NYIJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Matt Moulson, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:07NYIMark Streit: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:40NYIMarty Reasoner: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:40CARJeff Skinner: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 14:37NYIJohn Tavares: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 7:04CARTim Brent: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:16NYIMilan Jurcina: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:11CARJussi Jokinen: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 0:00CARJay Harrison: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 0:00NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 0:00CARJay Harrison: Misconduct10 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
36Shots on goal31
3.0Expected goals3.2
71Shot attempts45
30Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
18Penalty minutes10
25Hits27
6Blocked shots21
11Giveaways12
8Takeaways14

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Bowman – Skinner9:46

    xG 0.48–0.26 (65%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Dwyer – Nodl – Sutter11:16

    xG 0.26–0.56 (32%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Tlusty – Samson10:37

    xG 0.45–0.79 (36%)attempts 15–7goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. Harrison – Faulk12:53

    xG 0.42–0.47 (48%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Spacek – McBain11:46

    xG 0.49–0.70 (41%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  3. Allen – Gleason12:21

    xG 0.36–1.19 (23%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Moulson – Tavares17:33

    xG 1.68–0.50 (77%)attempts 14–18goals 2–1

  2. Pandolfo – Reasoner – Niederreiter6:18

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Rolston – Bailey – Martin8:54

    xG 0.36–0.33 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Grabner8:36

    xG 0.31–0.39 (44%)attempts 3–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – MacDonald13:08

    xG 1.83–0.70 (72%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  2. MacDonald – Ness3:30

    xG 0.42–0.04 (91%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Staios – Ness6:50

    xG 0.07–0.03 (66%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

NYI 3.2 xGCAR 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #319 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 54% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).