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Tue, Jan 10, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New Jersey Devils 5, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 60% of the time.

CAR winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD172828523
CAR11421004328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:03CARJesperi KotkaniemiSHAssists: Martin Necas · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:06NJDJonas SiegenthalerAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:50CARMax PaciorettyAssists: Sebastian Aho, Brady Skjei · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:34CARSebastian AhoSHAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Brett Pesce · Snap, 0.39 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:08NJDDawson MercerAssists: Damon Severson, Ryan Graves · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:26NJDJesper BoqvistAssists: Dawson Mercer, Michael McLeod · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:53NJDDawson MercerGWGAssists: Jesper Boqvist, Michael McLeod · Snap, 0.30 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:04NJDNico HischierENAssists: Tomas Tatar, Erik Haula · Other, 0.79 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:08CARAndrei Svechnikov: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:12CARJordan Staal: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:49NJDTomas Tatar: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 0:38NJDRyan Graves: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 1:07CARSeth Jarvis: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 13:17NJDMiles Wood: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 15:59CARJordan Martinook: High sticking2 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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCAR
23Shots on goal28
4.4Expected goals3.8
43Shot attempts83
28Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits22
28Blocked shots10
4Giveaways7
7Takeaways14

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. bestMcLeod – Boqvist – Mercer4:52

    xG 0.57–0.06 (90%)attempts 4–3goals 3–0

  2. Palat – Bratt – Hischier9:09

    xG 0.31–0.16 (65%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Wood – Zetterlund – Sharangovich2:29

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Haula – Hughes10:19

    xG 0.14–0.20 (42%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Graves – Okhotiuk3:13

    xG 0.29–0.27 (51%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Okhotiuk3:11

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Graves2:15

    xG 0.06–0.18 (24%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Necas – Svechnikov8:07

    xG 1.21–0.36 (77%)attempts 21–2goals 0–1

  2. Noesen – Teravainen – Kotkaniemi3:30

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Pacioretty – Aho – Jarvis12:11

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  4. Necas – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov2:48

    xG 0.06–0.07 (47%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChatfield – Coghlan10:55

    xG 1.02–0.50 (67%)attempts 19–4goals 1–3

  2. Skjei – Pesce18:01

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Slavin14:42

    xG 0.60–0.52 (53%)attempts 20–14goals 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 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 89/100 · #194 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 60% 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).