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Tue, Mar 29, 2016·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Carolina Hurricanes 1, New York Islanders 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 71% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR0711105040127
NYI06011112021231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:31CARDerek RyanAssists: Nathan Gerbe · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 12:08NYIAnders LeePPAssists: John Tavares, Nick Leddy · Tip-in, 0.21 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Kyle Okposo scored
  2. 2. CAR Derek Ryan stopped
  3. 3. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  4. 4. CAR Jaccob Slavin stopped
  5. 5. NYI John Tavares stopped
  6. 6. CAR Joakim Nordstrom stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:34CARPatrick Brown: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:15NYIThomas Hickey: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 8:19CARPatrick Brown: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 11:06CARBrett Pesce: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
47% to win54% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rask won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
27Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals3.3
46Shot attempts61
30Faceoffs won25
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
16Hits17
17Blocked shots13
9Giveaways15
12Takeaways8

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. Staal – Nordstrom – Lindholm12:54

    xG 0.34–0.42 (45%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Gerbe – Brown – Ryan9:09

    xG 0.27–0.40 (40%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. McClement – Malone – Sutter5:52

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Terry – Skinner – Rask16:20

    xG 0.19–0.96 (16%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hainsey – Slavin16:40

    xG 0.43–0.52 (45%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Jordan – Faulk16:09

    xG 0.38–0.65 (37%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  3. Pesce – Hanifin16:26

    xG 0.44–1.04 (30%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Lee – Prince2:39

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Strome8:28

    xG 0.44–0.21 (67%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Nielsen – Okposo – Kulemin7:36

    xG 0.31–0.13 (70%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas9:57

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Leddy21:03

    xG 1.17–0.55 (68%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – de Haan17:16

    xG 0.70–0.48 (60%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

  3. Strait – Hickey11:21

    xG 0.42–0.27 (61%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

NYI 3.3 xGCAR 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #624 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 71% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

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

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