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Thu, Nov 7, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Islanders 0, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

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

CAR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI050709021
CAR1701106124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:39CARRadek DvorakGWGAssists: Ron Hainsey · Deflected, 0.08 xG0–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:23NYIPeter Regin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:46CARRadek Dvorak: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P2 0:32CAREric Staal: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:42NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 9:42CARBrett Bellemore: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 18:26CARBrett Bellemore: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:26NYIKyle Okposo: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 4:35NYITravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 4:35CARNathan Gerbe: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 4:35NYITravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 12:59CARRon Hainsey: Holding2 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICAR
21Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals2.3
57Shot attempts54
14Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
13Penalty minutes15
13Hits21
16Blocked shots13
12Giveaways10
8Takeaways15

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 – Bouchard – Bailey9:34

    xG 0.73–0.31 (70%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares14:51

    xG 0.69–0.61 (53%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas6:24

    xG 0.13–0.10 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Regin – Grabner – Nelson6:44

    xG 0.27–0.77 (26%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Ness10:00

    xG 1.03–0.11 (91%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic15:13

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Hamonic2:01

    xG 0.05–0.08 (39%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSemin – Staal – Tlusty10:12

    xG 0.76–0.26 (75%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Dwyer – Terry – Nash8:09

    xG 0.18–0.33 (36%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Ruutu – Gerbe – Staal7:05

    xG 0.22–0.47 (31%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Malhotra – Bowman7:40

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Murphy11:51

    xG 0.69–0.52 (57%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Faulk13:19

    xG 0.57–0.43 (57%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Bellemore3:02

    xG 0.17–0.06 (74%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

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.

CAR 2.3 xGNYI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1196 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

CAR winsNYI wins

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

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