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Thu, Nov 16, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Carolina Hurricanes 4, New York Islanders 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 66% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR19312011432
NYI31408314636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:21NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Andrew Ladd, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:57NYICal ClutterbuckSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:30CARElias LindholmPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:31NYINick LeddyAssists: Anders Lee, Josh Bailey · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 2:54CARNoah HanifinAssists: Jordan Staal, Jeff Skinner · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 11:19CARDerek RyanAssists: Brett Pesce, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–3
  7. P2 19:08CARSebastian AhoAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:22NYIJosh BaileyPPAssists: Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–4
  9. P3 15:35NYIJohnny BoychukGWGAssists: Casey Cizikas, Cal Clutterbuck · Slap, 0.02 xG4–5
  10. P3 18:42NYIJordan EberleENAssists: Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:09CARJosh Jooris: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:49NYIAnders Lee: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:23NYIBrock Nelson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:06CARJosh Jooris: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 8:49NYICal Clutterbuck: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 6:31CARNoah Hanifin: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% 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
32Shots on goal36
3.0Expected goals3.9
57Shot attempts60
33Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
16Hits20
12Blocked shots17
12Giveaways20
7Takeaways10

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. bestStaal – Teravainen – Aho11:46

    xG 0.77–0.27 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  2. Nordstrom – Di Giuseppe – Jooris4:30

    xG 0.14–0.02 (89%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Williams – McGinn – Ryan12:14

    xG 0.71–0.65 (52%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  4. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm12:17

    xG 0.59–1.00 (37%)attempts 8–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce14:29

    xG 1.13–0.49 (70%)attempts 16–12goals 1–2

  2. van Riemsdyk – Hanifin14:30

    xG 0.97–0.97 (50%)attempts 18–14goals 1–1

  3. Faulk – Fleury14:48

    xG 0.45–0.55 (45%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Clutterbuck – Cizikas8:35

    xG 0.81–0.25 (77%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Lee11:40

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Ladd – Eberle – Barzal11:28

    xG 0.62–0.63 (49%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  4. Nelson – Ho-Sang – Beauvillier8:14

    xG 0.28–0.48 (37%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy15:20

    xG 0.92–0.43 (68%)attempts 14–14goals 3–0

  2. Hickey – Pulock13:57

    xG 0.54–0.28 (66%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Pelech15:33

    xG 0.85–1.27 (40%)attempts 14–22goals 0–1

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.

NYI 3.9 xGCAR 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 95/100 · #83 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.19 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 66% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

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

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