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Fri, Mar 2, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New Jersey Devils 1, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 75% of the time.

CAR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0618012126
CAR0911328330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:50CARDerek RyanAssists: Victor Rask, Noah Hanifin · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:27NJDTaylor HallPPAssists: Sami Vatanen, Kyle Palmieri · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:37CARTeuvo TeravainenGWGAssists: Brett Pesce, Elias Lindholm · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:38CARJustin WilliamsENAssists: Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:22CARJustin Faulk: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:34NJDPavel Zacha: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 19:00CARDerek Ryan: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 9:57CARLucas Wallmark: Tripping2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCAR
26Shots on goal30
1.7Expected goals3.0
46Shot attempts54
22Faceoffs won33
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
40Hits29
12Blocked shots12
6Giveaways14
15Takeaways26

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Noesen – Hischier3:34

    xG 0.24–0.02 (91%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Maroon – Coleman3:39

    xG 0.08–0.08 (53%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Wood – Zacha – Bratt3:10

    xG 0.01–0.10 (10%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Zajac – Grabner – Noesen2:58

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Vatanen15:42

    xG 0.56–0.49 (53%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. Lovejoy – Butcher10:29

    xG 0.04–0.12 (24%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Moore2:35

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Rask – Ryan9:12

    xG 0.59–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Wallmark5:36

    xG 0.48–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho11:16

    xG 0.33–0.35 (48%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  4. Williams – Staal – McGinn12:27

    xG 0.43–0.56 (44%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Hanifin17:13

    xG 0.93–0.15 (86%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Fleury13:40

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce16:49

    xG 0.64–0.65 (49%)attempts 15–17goals 1–0

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 3.0 xGNJD 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #1005 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 75% of the time.

CAR winsNJD wins

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

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