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Sat, Dec 10, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New York Islanders 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 76% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0917213329
NYI070306016

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:06CARPaul StastnyGWGAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P3 4:05CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Brent Burns, Teuvo Teravainen · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:49CARJordan StaalAssists: Jordan Martinook, Stefan Noesen · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:02CARBrett Pesce: Interference2 min
  2. P1 6:47CARBrent Burns: Interference2 min
  3. P1 7:16NYIAnders Lee: Interference2 min
  4. P1 16:49NYIZach Parise: Holding2 min
  5. P2 2:00CARSeth Jarvis: Interference2 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
49% to win51% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
29Shots on goal16
2.6Expected goals1.2
77Shot attempts39
23Faceoffs won17
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
19Hits26
17Blocked shots31
3Giveaways12
2Takeaways3

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. bestStaal – Noesen – Martinook10:01

    xG 0.48–0.01 (98%)attempts 15–1goals 1–0

  2. Stastny – Necas – Svechnikov8:06

    xG 0.27–0.01 (98%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Teravainen – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis6:30

    xG 0.44–0.25 (63%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Kotkaniemi – Drury2:32

    xG 0.03–0.05 (42%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin18:07

    xG 0.75–0.23 (76%)attempts 29–10goals 2–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce16:04

    xG 0.61–0.17 (78%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  3. de Haan – Chatfield7:48

    xG 0.30–0.26 (54%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Martin – Cizikas – Fasching4:42

    xG 0.02–0.07 (20%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas6:00

    xG 0.18–0.33 (35%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  3. Parise – Pageau – Fasching6:08

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Barzal – Wahlstrom10:38

    xG 0.27–0.54 (33%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Mayfield – Aho3:18

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  2. Pulock – Romanov4:10

    xG 0.17–0.18 (48%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Salo2:07

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

NYI 1.2 xGCAR 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #1218 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 76% 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).