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Tue, Mar 27, 2018·Prudential Center, Newark

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New Jersey Devils 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 80% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR21701017334
NJD113117215445

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:47NJDPavel ZachaAssists: Kyle Palmieri, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:41CARPhillip Di GiuseppeAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:53CARWarren FoegeleAssists: Lee Stempniak, Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:07NJDKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Will Butcher · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:39CARNoah HanifinAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Jeff Skinner · Snap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:05NJDKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Will Butcher · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:27NJDStefan NoesenGWGAssists: Andy Greene, Michael Grabner · Snap, 0.37 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:54CARJustin Williams: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:00NJDSami Vatanen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 3:52NJDTaylor Hall: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 13:22CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:27NJDJohn Moore: Holding2 min
  6. P3 9:06CARValentin Zykov: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:31CARKlas Dahlbeck: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNJD
34Shots on goal45
1.9Expected goals3.7
51Shot attempts63
38Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
11Hits18
6Blocked shots8
2Giveaways6
6Takeaways17

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. bestTeravainen – Zykov – Aho11:58

    xG 0.47–0.22 (69%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Stempniak – Foegele – Ryan9:15

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Williams – Staal – McGinn9:14

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Lindholm11:13

    xG 0.60–1.15 (34%)attempts 13–16goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hanifin13:53

    xG 0.79–0.64 (56%)attempts 19–11goals 2–1

  2. Fleury – McKeown11:06

    xG 0.35–0.37 (48%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Slavin16:18

    xG 0.55–1.22 (31%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Bratt – Hischier8:12

    xG 1.02–0.28 (78%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Grabner – Noesen – Zacha3:33

    xG 0.57–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier4:20

    xG 0.21–0.17 (56%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  4. Zajac – Coleman – Noesen7:18

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Severson14:18

    xG 1.04–0.93 (53%)attempts 16–15goals 0–2

  2. Greene – Vatanen15:40

    xG 0.70–0.59 (54%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  3. Butcher – Mueller9:50

    xG 0.18–0.13 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 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 3.7 xGCAR 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 89/100 · #150 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 80% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

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

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