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Sun, Feb 10, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Carolina Hurricanes 2, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

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

NJD winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0918118235
NJD2802111321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:35NJDPavel ZachaPPAssists: Ryan Murphy, Nico Hischier · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:03NJDMarcus JohanssonAssists: Nico Hischier, Kyle Palmieri · Snap, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:22CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Justin Williams, Nino Niederreiter · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:56NJDMarcus JohanssonGWGAssists: Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:33CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:05NJDKurtis Gabriel: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:05CARMicheal Ferland: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:34NJDDamon Severson: Holding2 min
  4. P1 7:06NJDPavel Zacha: Holding2 min
  5. P1 9:59CARBrett Pesce: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P1 16:00NJDKurtis Gabriel: Interference2 min
  7. P2 3:43CARJustin Faulk: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 19:20NJDDrew Stafford: Holding2 min
  9. P3 1:43NJDDrew Stafford: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 1:43CARBrock McGinn: Embellishment2 min
  11. P3 3:21CARDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 7:06CARNino Niederreiter: Interference2 min
  13. P3 17:04NJDKurtis Gabriel: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Williams
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNJD
35Shots on goal21
4.0Expected goals2.3
69Shot attempts36
29Faceoffs won37
5Power plays4
15Penalty minutes17
19Hits21
9Blocked shots15
7Giveaways7
8Takeaways7

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. bestWilliams – Niederreiter – Aho10:47

    xG 0.86–0.40 (68%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  2. McKegg – Ferland – Teravainen2:14

    xG 0.38–0.04 (91%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – McGinn – Svechnikov7:11

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – Teravainen – Wallmark6:36

    xG 0.06–0.15 (28%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin12:23

    xG 0.58–0.03 (95%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – van Riemsdyk10:08

    xG 0.70–0.15 (82%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Pesce11:49

    xG 0.42–0.76 (36%)attempts 12–11goals 0–2

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestGabriel – Seney – Rooney6:45

    xG 0.30–0.16 (65%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Zacha – Lappin5:55

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Johansson – Bratt – Hischier7:49

    xG 0.45–0.71 (39%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  4. Zajac – Palmieri – Coleman9:14

    xG 0.04–0.46 (7%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lovejoy – Mueller2:39

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Butcher3:11

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Mueller7:04

    xG 0.08–0.27 (22%)attempts 4–5goals 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 2.3 xGCAR 4.0 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 30/100 · #842 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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.

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).