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Tue, Mar 14, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Islanders 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 66% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI0721301311334
CAR1911101200232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:30CARJoakim NordstromAssists: Lee Stempniak, Lucas Wallmark · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:40CARElias LindholmUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:55NYIJoshua Ho-SangAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:20NYIJason ChimeraAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Calvin de Haan · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:34NYIJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Joshua Ho-Sang, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:59NYITravis Hamonic: Interference2 min
  2. P2 8:26NYICal Clutterbuck: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 11:34NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 16:42CARSebastian Aho: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rask won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICAR
34Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals3.6
66Shot attempts69
18Faceoffs won32
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
37Hits18
15Blocked shots16
6Giveaways13
10Takeaways13

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. bestBailey – Tavares – Lee12:32

    xG 0.58–0.28 (67%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Strome – Ho-Sang10:17

    xG 0.27–0.30 (48%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Chimera – Kulemin – Beauvillier7:56

    xG 0.32–0.75 (30%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

  4. Gionta – Clutterbuck – Quine7:30

    xG 0.19–0.88 (18%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – de Haan17:57

    xG 0.91–0.53 (63%)attempts 25–16goals 1–0

  2. Leddy – Pelech16:15

    xG 0.52–0.87 (37%)attempts 14–18goals 0–1

  3. Hickey – Hamonic15:24

    xG 0.50–1.24 (28%)attempts 13–21goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Nordstrom – Wallmark8:35

    xG 0.83–0.24 (77%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm11:58

    xG 0.72–0.52 (58%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. McClement – Brown – Ryan4:10

    xG 0.13–0.04 (76%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Aho11:53

    xG 0.56–0.50 (53%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Hanifin16:17

    xG 1.16–0.70 (62%)attempts 21–19goals 2–0

  2. Dahlbeck – Tennyson12:34

    xG 0.77–0.40 (66%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  3. Slavin – Pesce18:00

    xG 0.77–0.90 (46%)attempts 18–21goals 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 3.6 xGNYI 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 63/100 · #410 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 66% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

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

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