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Sat, Feb 13, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Islanders 3, Carolina Hurricanes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 61% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0721019326
CAR11651203631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:22CARRiley NashAssists: Jay McClement · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:19CARNoah HanifinAssists: Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:34CARKris VersteegAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:54CARAndrej NestrasilGWGAssists: Joakim Nordstrom, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P2 13:46NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–4
  6. P2 15:20NYINick LeddyPPAssists: John Tavares, Frans Nielsen · Slap, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P2 18:37CARVictor RaskPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–5
  8. P2 19:58CARVictor RaskAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–6
  9. P3 6:49NYIMatt MartinAssists: Casey Cizikas, Johnny Boychuk · Snap, 0.08 xG3–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 5:10NYIJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:11CARJohn-Michael Liles: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:34NYITravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:34CARJoakim Nordstrom: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:21NYIRyan Strome: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:05CARJeff Skinner: Slashing2 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
47% to win54% to win
← NYI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nielsen won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICAR
26Shots on goal31
3.6Expected goals3.0
55Shot attempts50
25Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
31Hits21
10Blocked shots12
11Giveaways3
8Takeaways7

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. bestBailey – Lee – Nelson4:13

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Okposo – Bailey – Tavares8:51

    xG 0.51–0.32 (61%)attempts 11–4goals 1–1

  3. Grabovski – Kulemin – Lee3:31

    xG 0.25–0.12 (68%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Grabovski – Tavares – Strome6:01

    xG 0.21–0.12 (62%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrait – Hickey12:42

    xG 0.58–0.19 (76%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy13:11

    xG 0.98–0.74 (57%)attempts 12–12goals 0–2

  3. Hamonic – de Haan15:44

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Terry – Nash5:35

    xG 0.48–0.09 (84%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom10:04

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  3. Staal – Versteeg – Di Giuseppe13:37

    xG 0.14–0.36 (29%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm12:21

    xG 0.53–1.00 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Slavin16:18

    xG 1.13–0.64 (64%)attempts 18–16goals 2–1

  2. Liles – Pesce18:29

    xG 0.51–0.58 (47%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

  3. Jordan – Hanifin13:09

    xG 0.38–1.22 (24%)attempts 13–17goals 2–0

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 3.0 xGNYI 3.6 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 · #381 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 61% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).