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Sun, Mar 18, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Carolina Hurricanes 4, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 72% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR21311719439
NYI06211112329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:50CARJaccob SlavinAssists: Joakim Nordstrom, Victor Rask · Snap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:44CARLee StempniakUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:29NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Ryan Pulock, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:22NYIAnders LeePPAssists: John Tavares, Mathew Barzal · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:04CARVictor RaskAssists: Joakim Nordstrom, Jaccob Slavin · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:05NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Josh Bailey, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:11CARTrevor van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Slap, 0.04 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:09CARJustin Williams: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:05NYIJordan Eberle: Holding2 min
  3. P2 7:23NYIMathew Barzal: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:12CARDerek Ryan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:04NYINick Leddy: Holding2 min
  6. P3 7:24CARSebastian Aho: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 17:52CARBrett Pesce: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:52NYIJohn Tavares: 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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barzal won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
39Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals2.3
62Shot attempts50
32Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
15Hits22
12Blocked shots13
7Giveaways14
5Takeaways7

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 – Skinner – Ryan9:45

    xG 0.53–0.18 (74%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Nordstrom – Rask – Di Giuseppe6:47

    xG 0.49–0.25 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  3. Williams – Teravainen – Aho11:08

    xG 0.30–0.17 (64%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Staal – McGinn – Lindholm9:16

    xG 0.33–0.33 (49%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Fleury13:25

    xG 0.51–0.35 (60%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce12:30

    xG 0.42–0.38 (52%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

  3. Faulk – Dahlbeck13:44

    xG 0.43–0.46 (48%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Cizikas – Wagner7:54

    xG 0.18–0.04 (83%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1

  2. Eberle – Barzal – Beauvillier8:41

    xG 0.20–0.12 (63%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Tavares – Barzal3:35

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Nelson – Fritz6:51

    xG 0.08–0.12 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pelech – Aho12:15

    xG 0.27–0.26 (52%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  2. Hickey – Pulock14:58

    xG 0.48–0.77 (38%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy16:38

    xG 0.21–0.71 (23%)attempts 8–19goals 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 2.3 xGCAR 3.7 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 87/100 · #170 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.17 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 72% 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).