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Sun, Nov 6, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New Jersey Devils 4, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

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

CAR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0112228421
CAR05014115134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:31NJDMichael CammalleriAssists: Travis Zajac, Beau Bennett · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:56NJDMichael CammalleriGWGAssists: Jacob Josefson · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:30NJDMichael CammalleriAssists: Beau Bennett, John Moore · Snap, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P3 13:01CARAndrej NestrasilAssists: Noah Hanifin, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:05NJDAndy GreeneENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.45 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:30CARViktor Stalberg: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:00CARJeff Skinner: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:46NJDDamon Severson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 11:55NJDPA Parenteau: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:27NJDTaylor Hall: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 18:08NJDBen Lovejoy: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 19:31CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: Interference goalkeeper2 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
44% to win56% 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
21Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals3.2
46Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won23
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits21
20Blocked shots14
6Giveaways12
10Takeaways11

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. bestHenrique – Palmieri – Zacha8:57

    xG 0.28–0.17 (62%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Zajac – Hall10:06

    xG 0.44–0.34 (56%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  3. Cammalleri – Josefson – Bennett8:29

    xG 0.19–0.36 (35%)attempts 9–13goals 2–0

  4. Fiddler – Boucher – Lappin6:08

    xG 0.08–0.38 (18%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Severson14:29

    xG 0.88–0.22 (80%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Severson – Auvitu2:23

    xG 0.06–0.05 (52%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  3. Greene – Lovejoy2:35

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom6:51

    xG 1.52–0.36 (81%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Skinner – Rask10:22

    xG 0.31–0.14 (68%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Di Giuseppe – Aho5:18

    xG 0.13–0.13 (49%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Stalberg – Lindholm – Aho3:46

    xG 0.07–0.12 (36%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Hanifin11:55

    xG 0.93–0.48 (66%)attempts 15–14goals 0–2

  2. Slavin – Hanifin2:00

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce10:52

    xG 0.22–0.36 (38%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

CAR 3.2 xGNJD 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #888 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CAR 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.

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).