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Tue, Apr 23, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Islanders 3, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 80% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI111114111030339
CAR21011007052432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:57CARAlexander SeminAssists: Eric Staal, Jamie McBain · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:04NYIBrad BoyesAssists: Mark Streit, Matt Moulson · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:20CARJordan StaalAssists: Jay Harrison, Jiri Tlusty · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:34NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:45CARPatrick DwyerAssists: Jordan Staal, Tuomo Ruutu · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:59NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Matt Moulson, Kyle Okposo · Tip-in, 0.16 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  2. 2. CAR Riley Nash scored
  3. 3. NYI Brad Boyes stopped
  4. 4. CAR Jeff Skinner scored
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 7:35CARAlexander Semin: Slashing2 min
  2. P3 2:49CARAlexander Semin: Interference2 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 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackCAR 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.

NYICAR
39Shots on goal32
5.0Expected goals2.8
77Shot attempts57
35Faceoffs won19
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
22Hits34
14Blocked shots13
7Giveaways5
8Takeaways10

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. bestNielsen – Okposo – Bailey12:13

    xG 1.87–0.54 (78%)attempts 19–11goals 1–1

  2. Joensuu – Martin – Cizikas7:47

    xG 0.62–0.20 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares12:59

    xG 0.75–0.49 (61%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  4. Aucoin – McDonald – Grabner11:10

    xG 0.65–0.58 (53%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Hamonic18:21

    xG 1.42–0.35 (80%)attempts 18–12goals 1–1

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey16:42

    xG 1.26–0.84 (60%)attempts 20–16goals 0–1

  3. Streit – Visnovsky2:11

    xG 0.10–0.14 (43%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Blanchard – Skinner7:58

    xG 0.66–0.39 (62%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Wallace – Nash2:21

    xG 0.07–0.15 (33%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Ruutu – LaRose – Staal10:16

    xG 0.28–0.46 (38%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  4. Semin – Staal – Tlusty12:56

    xG 0.29–1.72 (14%)attempts 12–19goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBergeron – McBain9:26

    xG 0.73–0.46 (61%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Corvo – Harrison15:29

    xG 0.56–0.81 (41%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  3. McBain – Sanguinetti3:40

    xG 0.07–0.46 (13%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

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.

CAR 2.8 xGNYI 5.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 88/100 · #95 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.41 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 80% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).