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Sat, Feb 21, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark

Carolina Hurricanes 1, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 57% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR011011110132
NJD3100702319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32NJDTuomo RuutuAssists: Adam Larsson, Scott Gomez · Tip-in, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:05NJDAdam HenriqueGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:32NJDAndy GreeneAssists: Jordin Tootoo, Michael Cammalleri · Snap, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:56CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Alexander Semin, John-Michael Liles · Slap, 0.07 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:20CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:55CARAlexander Semin: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:43NJDDainius Zubrus: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:53CAREric Staal: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 19:53NJDMarek Zidlicky: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 19:53CAREric Staal: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:29NJDTravis Zajac: Tripping2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Elias won the faceoff against Staal
  2. P1 20:00Giveaway by Bernier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNJD
32Shots on goal19
2.3Expected goals1.9
51Shot attempts30
36Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
10Hits9
4Blocked shots10
6Giveaways6
5Takeaways8

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. bestMcClement – Dwyer – Nash4:03

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Dwyer – Nestrasil5:02

    xG 0.25–0.09 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Semin – Staal – Skinner3:18

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Gerbe – Nestrasil – Rask2:48

    xG 0.15–0.10 (61%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk4:23

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Bellemore2:39

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Jordan3:36

    xG 0.26–0.14 (65%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Bernier – Henrique9:34

    xG 0.80–0.49 (62%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  2. Jagr – Gomez – Ruutu8:50

    xG 0.30–0.28 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

  3. Zubrus – Gionta – Josefson9:14

    xG 0.06–0.18 (23%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Tootoo – Zajac13:11

    xG 0.34–0.50 (40%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Larsson18:22

    xG 0.96–0.42 (69%)attempts 10–12goals 3–0

  2. Harrold – Gelinas11:18

    xG 0.17–0.38 (31%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Zidlicky – Merrill14:21

    xG 0.54–0.78 (41%)attempts 10–16goals 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.

NJD 1.9 xGCAR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1024 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NJD 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 57% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

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

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