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Sun, Oct 28, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Islanders 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 83% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI151906220
CAR01211908139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:39NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Josh Bailey, Nick Leddy · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:16CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Sebastian Aho, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:35NYIRyan PulockGWGAssists: Anders Lee, Josh Bailey · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:30CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:26NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:10NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:17CARAndrei Svechnikov: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 5:28CARJustin Williams: Interference2 min
  6. P2 19:25NYIJohnny Boychuk: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 15:00CARJustin Faulk: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICAR
20Shots on goal39
1.6Expected goals3.8
39Shot attempts74
24Faceoffs won36
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
31Hits36
20Blocked shots12
4Giveaways7
15Takeaways13

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Barzal – Beauvillier10:42

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Ladd – Komarov9:37

    xG 0.21–0.31 (40%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Cizikas – Kuhnhackl7:12

    xG 0.01–0.53 (1%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Lee – Nelson11:07

    xG 0.22–1.13 (16%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hickey – Mayfield12:57

    xG 0.66–0.61 (52%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Pulock15:41

    xG 0.42–0.89 (32%)attempts 16–21goals 1–1

  3. Boychuk – Pelech15:01

    xG 0.34–1.07 (24%)attempts 7–23goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestFerland – Teravainen – Aho11:08

    xG 0.91–0.34 (73%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Williams – Staal – Foegele9:16

    xG 0.77–0.37 (68%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  3. McGinn – Zykov – Roy6:07

    xG 0.25–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov5:44

    xG 0.17–0.07 (71%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin15:11

    xG 0.80–0.22 (78%)attempts 26–11goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Faulk13:09

    xG 0.87–0.38 (70%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  3. Pesce – van Riemsdyk11:40

    xG 0.69–0.34 (67%)attempts 10–7goals 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 3.8 xGNYI 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #993 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 83% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

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

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