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Sun, Mar 27, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New Jersey Devils 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 64% of the time.

CAR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0321309225
CAR2141504323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:10CARRon HainseyAssists: Jordan Staal, Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:46CARVictor RaskPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:01CARVictor RaskGWGAssists: Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P2 6:27NJDBobby FarnhamUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:17NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Blake Pietila, Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:05NJDVojtech Mozik: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:33CARBrad Malone: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 8:33CARBrad Malone: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:33NJDBobby Farnham: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 8:51NJDTravis Zajac: Holding2 min
  6. P1 9:25NJDJoseph Blandisi: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 13:22NJDDevante Smith-Pelly: Tripping2 min
  8. P1 13:22NJDDevante Smith-Pelly: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 4:00CARJay McClement: Hooking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
47% to win54% to win
← NJD attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCAR
25Shots on goal23
1.8Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts39
22Faceoffs won28
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
33Hits27
8Blocked shots14
2Giveaways7
7Takeaways10

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Gionta – Farnham7:09

    xG 0.26–0.02 (92%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Smith-Pelly – Blandisi7:12

    xG 0.19–0.05 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Palmieri – Boucher7:13

    xG 0.19–0.17 (53%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Sislo – Blandisi – Kalinin2:34

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Severson15:56

    xG 0.47–0.35 (57%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Warsofsky – Mozik12:52

    xG 0.53–0.49 (52%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  3. Greene – Larsson14:50

    xG 0.37–0.60 (39%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Nordstrom – Lindholm10:57

    xG 0.49–0.39 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Terry – Skinner – Rask12:11

    xG 0.40–0.34 (54%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

  3. McClement – Gerbe – Brown10:09

    xG 0.12–0.37 (25%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJordan – Faulk8:28

    xG 0.50–0.30 (62%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  2. Hainsey – Slavin14:11

    xG 0.25–0.35 (42%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Pesce – Hanifin13:37

    xG 0.48–0.59 (45%)attempts 7–15goals 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.

CAR 2.5 xGNJD 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #454 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 64% of the time.

CAR winsNJD wins

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

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