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Tue, Dec 20, 2022·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New Jersey Devils 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 71% of the time.

CAR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD013014111138
CAR172617420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:20CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Seth Jarvis, Calvin de Haan · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:17CARJordan StaalGWGAssists: Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:21CARTeuvo TeravainenSHAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 15:24NJDJack HughesAssists: Brendan Smith, Jesper Bratt · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:46CARStefan NoesenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:56CARMartin Necas: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:26NJDBrendan Smith: Interference2 min
  3. P1 18:39CARAndrei Svechnikov: Interference2 min
  4. P2 1:43NJDErik Haula: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 4:31CARJalen Chatfield: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:35CARJesper Fast: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 3:58NJDErik Haula: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 18:00NJDDougie Hamilton: Holding2 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
49% to win51% to win
← NJD attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kotkaniemi won the faceoff against McLeod
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCAR
38Shots on goal20
4.0Expected goals2.6
67Shot attempts42
24Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits20
10Blocked shots13
2Giveaways5
6Takeaways10

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. bestHaula – Bratt – Hughes10:09

    xG 1.02–0.13 (89%)attempts 16–2goals 1–1

  2. Tatar – Hischier – Zetterlund5:36

    xG 0.19–0.05 (79%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Boqvist – Sharangovich – Holtz2:17

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Wood – McLeod – Zetterlund2:41

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Severson9:42

    xG 0.99–0.02 (98%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Severson4:52

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Graves2:46

    xG 0.04–0.28 (11%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Noesen – Drury8:07

    xG 0.50–0.15 (77%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Teravainen – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis6:55

    xG 0.47–0.54 (47%)attempts 3–6goals 1–1

  3. Stastny – Necas – Svechnikov12:44

    xG 0.48–0.79 (38%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Fast – Martinook10:37

    xG 0.23–0.56 (29%)attempts 4–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Chatfield10:05

    xG 0.71–0.37 (66%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce12:48

    xG 0.17–0.62 (22%)attempts 6–13goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Slavin15:53

    xG 0.76–1.29 (37%)attempts 14–26goals 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 2.6 xGNJD 4.0 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 25/100 · #1062 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 71% 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).