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Mon, Mar 13, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Carolina Hurricanes 8, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 71% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR29413211833
NYI2152606427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:11NYIRyan StromeAssists: Andrew Ladd, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:14CARJaccob SlavinAssists: Victor Rask, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:40CARJoakim NordstromAssists: Lee Stempniak, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:32NYIStephen GiontaAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:43NYICalvin de HaanAssists: Joshua Ho-Sang, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P2 6:51CARJustin FaulkAssists: Jordan Staal, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P2 8:02CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Elias Lindholm, Matt Tennyson · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–3
  8. P2 8:58CARJustin FaulkGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–3
  9. P2 11:45CARJaccob SlavinSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG6–3
  10. P2 13:50NYIJoshua Ho-SangAssists: Anthony Beauvillier · Tip-in, 0.10 xG6–4
  11. P3 3:43CARJeff SkinnerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.31 xG7–4
  12. P3 10:57CARJaccob SlavinAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Staal · Slap, 0.03 xG8–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 0:30CARTeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 10:25CARLee Stempniak: Interference2 min
  3. P2 17:18NYIThomas Hickey: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:43NYIDennis Seidenberg: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  5. P3 7:44NYICal Clutterbuck: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  6. P3 18:35CARElias Lindholm: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 18:35NYICal Clutterbuck: Slashing2 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 SOG0NYI
44% to win56% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
33Shots on goal27
3.1Expected goals1.9
59Shot attempts46
30Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits30
9Blocked shots12
3Giveaways14
5Takeaways4

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. bestStempniak – Nordstrom – Wallmark7:38

    xG 0.71–0.18 (79%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  2. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm11:31

    xG 0.66–0.33 (67%)attempts 15–13goals 2–0

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Aho14:36

    xG 0.45–0.38 (54%)attempts 14–13goals 2–0

  4. McClement – Brown – Ryan7:21

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce14:26

    xG 0.99–0.32 (76%)attempts 15–12goals 3–0

  2. Faulk – Hanifin14:35

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 14–11goals 2–1

  3. Dahlbeck – Tennyson11:23

    xG 0.42–0.52 (45%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Clutterbuck – Kulemin8:12

    xG 0.58–0.27 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Lee12:51

    xG 0.31–0.25 (55%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Chimera – Ladd – Strome9:08

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  4. Nelson – Ho-Sang – Beauvillier9:55

    xG 0.24–0.92 (21%)attempts 8–13goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Hickey11:14

    xG 0.67–0.27 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 2–1

  2. Hamonic – de Haan15:43

    xG 0.45–0.56 (44%)attempts 13–20goals 1–3

  3. Leddy – Pelech14:56

    xG 0.34–1.05 (24%)attempts 13–14goals 0–2

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 1.9 xGCAR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 90/100 · #112 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 11 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 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).