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Thu, Feb 15, 2018·Prudential Center, Newark

Carolina Hurricanes 2, New Jersey Devils 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 56% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR16111012229
NJD192924522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:20CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Victor Rask, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:41NJDDamon SeversonAssists: Nico Hischier · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:48NJDStefan NoesenAssists: Travis Zajac, Miles Wood · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:43CARBrett PesceAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:28NJDKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Nico Hischier, John Moore · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:06NJDNico HischierAssists: Taylor Hall, Keith Kinkaid · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:38NJDStefan NoesenAssists: Damon Severson · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:11NJDJesper Bratt: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:36NJDTaylor Hall: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 4:28CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 10:59NJDJesper Bratt: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 12:05CARJeff Skinner: Interference2 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 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNJD
29Shots on goal22
1.8Expected goals2.0
53Shot attempts37
24Faceoffs won21
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits21
6Blocked shots17
7Giveaways9
3Takeaways7

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. bestWilliams – Rask – Teravainen7:02

    xG 0.32–0.08 (80%)attempts 6–2goals 1–1

  2. Staal – McGinn – Aho6:07

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Stempniak – Nordstrom – Ryan8:06

    xG 0.04–0.06 (43%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Aho4:15

    xG 0.03–0.15 (19%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – Fleury2:32

    xG 0.25–0.08 (77%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  2. Faulk – Slavin4:51

    xG 0.22–0.06 (77%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce12:01

    xG 0.21–0.25 (45%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Hall – Hischier10:46

    xG 0.61–0.21 (74%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  2. Zajac – Noesen – Wood12:16

    xG 0.55–0.23 (71%)attempts 10–8goals 2–1

  3. Zacha – Lappin – Bratt9:08

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Stafford – Hayes – Coleman9:41

    xG 0.02–0.15 (10%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Severson13:24

    xG 0.62–0.30 (68%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Greene – Severson2:19

    xG 0.09–0.04 (72%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Butcher11:47

    xG 0.33–0.34 (50%)attempts 8–13goals 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.

NJD 2.0 xGCAR 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #575 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 56% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

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

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