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Sun, Nov 18, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New Jersey Devils 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 77% of the time.

CAR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD11601107134
CAR2130507225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:22CARJustin WilliamsAssists: Jordan Staal, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 0:30CARMicheal FerlandGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P1 6:33NJDPavel ZachaAssists: Jesper Bratt · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 1:53CARJustin Faulk: Holding2 min
  2. P2 9:24NJDBen Lovejoy: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 14:04CARSebastian Aho: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 17:26CARAndrei Svechnikov: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 17:42NJDStefan Noesen: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:05NJDAndy Greene: 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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCAR
34Shots on goal25
2.2Expected goals3.8
62Shot attempts61
31Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits37
20Blocked shots14
12Giveaways11
8Takeaways26

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. bestNoesen – Wood – Dea7:25

    xG 0.47–0.06 (89%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Johansson – Zacha – Bratt7:33

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  3. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall9:31

    xG 0.19–0.42 (31%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  4. Coleman – Seney – Anderson8:00

    xG 0.30–0.70 (30%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Butcher9:16

    xG 0.66–0.41 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Severson13:32

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 18–14goals 1–1

  3. Severson – Butcher3:40

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Staal – McGinn11:03

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Ferland – Teravainen – Aho10:52

    xG 0.63–0.48 (57%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  3. Di Giuseppe – Foegele – Bishop6:23

    xG 0.10–0.03 (79%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov10:59

    xG 0.37–0.76 (33%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin14:52

    xG 0.87–0.47 (65%)attempts 20–17goals 1–0

  2. de Haan – Faulk15:21

    xG 0.51–0.22 (70%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fleury9:19

    xG 0.38–0.44 (46%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

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 xGNJD 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1106 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 77% 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).