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Fri, Oct 10, 2014·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Islanders 5, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 68% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2817211526
CAR0601038324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:06NYIJohnny BoychukPPAssists: Kyle Okposo, John Tavares · Slap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:54NYIBrock NelsonAssists: John Tavares, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:38NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Johnny Boychuk, John Tavares · Deflected, 0.19 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:25CARNathan GerbePPAssists: Justin Faulk, Andrej Sekera · Backhand, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:11NYIMikhail GrabovskiGWGAssists: Ryan Strome, Brock Nelson · Snap, 0.12 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:19NYITravis HamonicAssists: Brock Nelson, Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.03 xG5–1
  7. P3 14:20CARChris TerryAssists: Andrej Sekera, Riley Nash · Slap, 0.03 xG5–2
  8. P3 18:26CAREric StaalPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jiri Tlusty · Snap, 0.05 xG5–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:51NYIRyan Strome: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:36CARBrad Malone: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:53CARJay Harrison: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 1:31NYITravis Hamonic: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 6:42CARTim Gleason: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:32NYIJohnny Boychuk: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 0:00NYIJohn Tavares: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:21NYIBrian Strait: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against McClement
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICAR
26Shots on goal24
2.8Expected goals3.8
52Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
32Hits25
13Blocked shots14
2Giveaways4
5Takeaways5

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas4:45

    xG 0.31–0.03 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Kulemin – Bailey4:28

    xG 0.12–0.04 (77%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Grabovski – Nelson – Strome5:30

    xG 0.07–0.04 (63%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Okposo – Tavares – Conacher8:04

    xG 0.40–0.90 (31%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy9:05

    xG 0.56–0.39 (59%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Strait – Reinhart7:17

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Hamonic10:06

    xG 0.35–0.59 (37%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Dwyer – Malone6:38

    xG 0.93–0.17 (84%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Terry – Nash – Brown4:45

    xG 0.05–0.05 (53%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Gerbe – Rask – Lindholm4:45

    xG 0.01–0.20 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Staal – Tlusty7:58

    xG 0.06–0.48 (11%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Harrison7:40

    xG 0.38–0.14 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Liles8:25

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Faulk8:10

    xG 0.32–0.48 (40%)attempts 7–10goals 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 3.8 xGNYI 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #342 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 68% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
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+7

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