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Sat, Jan 14, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Islanders 4, Carolina Hurricanes 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 78% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI21218112432
CAR117318310745

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:16NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Scott Mayfield · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:26CARBrock McGinnAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.37 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:08NYIAnders LeeAssists: Nick Leddy, Josh Bailey · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:52NYIJason ChimeraAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Alan Quine · Snap, 0.36 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:58CARJustin FaulkAssists: Elias Lindholm · Snap, 0.38 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:57CARElias LindholmAssists: Brock McGinn, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P2 16:57CARBrett PesceAssists: Brock McGinn, Lee Stempniak · Deflected, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 1:08NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Anders Lee, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. P3 5:42CARLee StempniakGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–5
  10. P3 11:44CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Justin Faulk, Lee Stempniak · Deflected, 0.01 xG4–6
  11. P3 13:53CARJordan StaalAssists: Matt Tennyson, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.46 xG4–7

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
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICAR
32Shots on goal45
2.4Expected goals4.2
62Shot attempts79
25Faceoffs won35
0Power plays0
0Penalty minutes0
27Hits19
17Blocked shots15
5Giveaways8
12Takeaways12

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. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas13:50

    xG 0.30–0.42 (41%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Lee13:54

    xG 0.88–1.02 (46%)attempts 17–18goals 3–4

  3. Ladd – Nelson – Strome14:58

    xG 0.33–0.80 (30%)attempts 14–21goals 0–1

  4. Chimera – Quine – Beauvillier10:07

    xG 0.77–1.29 (37%)attempts 14–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Hickey – Mayfield16:13

    xG 1.06–1.10 (49%)attempts 15–15goals 2–3

  2. Seidenberg – de Haan18:18

    xG 0.75–0.82 (48%)attempts 25–24goals 0–2

  3. Leddy – Pelech19:22

    xG 0.48–1.76 (21%)attempts 17–30goals 2–2

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – McGinn – Lindholm14:18

    xG 2.18–1.28 (63%)attempts 27–21goals 4–3

  2. Stempniak – Teravainen – Aho12:31

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  3. Skinner – Rask – Ryan16:16

    xG 0.62–0.37 (63%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom10:57

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce18:45

    xG 1.63–1.17 (58%)attempts 27–21goals 3–3

  2. Tennyson – Hanifin16:19

    xG 0.95–0.57 (62%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

  3. Hainsey – Faulk21:58

    xG 0.76–0.64 (54%)attempts 29–21goals 1–1

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 4.2 xGNYI 2.4 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 95/100 · #52 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 78% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

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

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