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Tue, Mar 1, 2016·Prudential Center, Newark

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR051727319
NJD1909012130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:54NJDAdam HenriqueAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Andy Greene · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:36CARDerek RyanPPAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:31CARJoakim NordstromGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.33 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:38CARNathan GerbeENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.76 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:02NJDJon Merrill: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:15CARRon Hainsey: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 2:40NJDJohn Moore: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:59CARJeff Skinner: Holding2 min
  5. P2 9:59NJDJordin Tootoo: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 8:00CARBrett Pesce: High sticking2 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
47% to win54% to win
← CAR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ryan won the faceoff against Josefson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNJD
19Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals2.2
29Shot attempts46
39Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits18
3Blocked shots9
7Giveaways8
4Takeaways13

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. bestStaal – Nordstrom – Lindholm10:16

    xG 0.44–0.16 (73%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Terry – McGinn – Ryan10:06

    xG 0.00–0.41 (1%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  3. Gerbe – Nash – Malone7:31

    xG 0.14–0.59 (20%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  4. Skinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe10:38

    xG 0.01–0.48 (2%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hainsey – Slavin14:35

    xG 0.41–0.38 (52%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  2. Jordan – Murphy12:12

    xG 0.16–0.44 (27%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Pesce – Hanifin13:40

    xG 0.04–0.86 (5%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTootoo – Gionta – Farnham9:16

    xG 0.21–0.00 (99%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Kennedy – Josefson8:25

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Palmieri – Boucher6:38

    xG 0.18–0.05 (78%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Boucher – Blandisi2:41

    xG 0.06–0.02 (79%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Severson12:41

    xG 0.75–0.05 (93%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Moore11:18

    xG 0.43–0.03 (93%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Larsson12:57

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

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.

NJD 2.2 xGCAR 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #808 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 54% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

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

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