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Sun, Feb 24, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Carolina Hurricanes 4, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 72% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01424210428
NYI2501406225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:38NYIMatt MoulsonAssists: Brad Boyes, John Tavares · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:25NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:28CAREric StaalPPAssists: Alexander Semin, Jiri Tlusty · Snap, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:13CARJordan StaalAssists: Alexander Semin, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:17CARBobby SanguinettiGWGAssists: Patrick Dwyer, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:30CARAlexander SeminENUnassisted · Snap, 0.77 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:47NYITravis Hamonic: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 15:32CARJoe Corvo: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 18:22NYILubomir Visnovsky: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:06CARJussi Jokinen: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  5. P2 9:40CARKevin Westgarth: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:24NYIMatt Martin: Interference2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
28Shots on goal25
4.3Expected goals2.9
65Shot attempts53
33Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits14
15Blocked shots20
8Giveaways11
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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestLaRose – Semin – Staal6:43

    xG 0.45–0.11 (80%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Dwyer – Staal11:11

    xG 0.64–0.49 (56%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  3. Tlusty – Nash – Bowman2:25

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Nodl – Wallace – Westgarth4:43

    xG 0.17–0.18 (48%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Sanguinetti14:58

    xG 0.93–0.17 (85%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  2. Corvo – Faulk17:09

    xG 0.36–0.59 (38%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  3. Jordan – Murphy10:18

    xG 0.21–0.53 (28%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestAucoin – Nielsen – Bailey10:58

    xG 0.71–0.20 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Reasoner – Okposo – Grabner11:15

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas7:38

    xG 0.08–0.22 (26%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares14:58

    xG 0.72–1.02 (41%)attempts 15–22goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic15:08

    xG 0.69–0.23 (75%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Martinek – Streit14:08

    xG 0.59–0.47 (56%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Hamonic2:07

    xG 0.08–0.10 (45%)attempts 3–4goals 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 2.9 xGCAR 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #263 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 72% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).