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Sat, Jan 4, 2014·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0731409330
NYI010114116240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:57CARManny MalhotraAssists: Patrick Dwyer · Snap, 0.29 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:41NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:12CARJordan StaalAssists: Patrick Dwyer, Nathan Gerbe · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:09CARBrett SutterGWGAssists: Jeff Skinner, Andrej Sekera · Backhand, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:35NYIThomas VanekPPAssists: Andrew MacDonald, Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:34CAREric Staal: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 2:41NYIMatt Martin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:34NYIThomas Hickey: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 18:03CARAlexander Semin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
30Shots on goal40
3.8Expected goals4.1
63Shot attempts68
33Faceoffs won23
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits21
19Blocked shots20
13Giveaways18
12Takeaways14

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. bestDwyer – Gerbe – Staal9:20

    xG 0.66–0.39 (63%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Semin – Sutter – Skinner3:11

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Dvorak – Sutter – Boychuk6:12

    xG 0.17–0.03 (84%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Malhotra – Semin – Skinner3:55

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Bellemore17:22

    xG 1.00–0.60 (63%)attempts 23–13goals 0–1

  2. Liles – Murphy12:58

    xG 0.94–0.78 (55%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Faulk18:28

    xG 0.98–1.13 (46%)attempts 14–19goals 2–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. McDonald – Nelson – Strome8:43

    xG 0.27–0.26 (51%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Clutterbuck – Grabner10:41

    xG 0.49–0.60 (45%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Regin – Martin – Cizikas8:53

    xG 0.27–0.59 (31%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares16:46

    xG 0.82–1.81 (31%)attempts 10–26goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan15:15

    xG 1.01–0.54 (65%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  2. Hickey – Hamonic2:31

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – de Haan2:18

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

NYI 4.1 xGCAR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 29/100 · #801 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 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 53% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

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

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