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Sat, Jan 21, 2023·UBS Arena, Elmont

Carolina Hurricanes 5, New York Islanders 2

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
CAR2711029526
NYI2807016231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:44CARJordan StaalAssists: Jalen Chatfield, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:52CARJesper FastAssists: Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:02NYISimon HolmstromAssists: Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P1 15:42NYIBrock NelsonUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:40CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:09CARSebastian AhoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:38CARSebastian AhoENAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Poke, 0.71 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:13CARBrady Skjei: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:13NYIScott Mayfield: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 3:26CARJordan Martinook: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:14NYIMatt Martin: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 14:10CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:10CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 14:10NYIScott Mayfield: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 14:10NYIAlexander Romanov: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 17:48NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Hooking2 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 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
26Shots on goal31
3.8Expected goals2.2
67Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
16Hits24
15Blocked shots20
13Giveaways18
8Takeaways9

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 – Fast – Martinook11:34

    xG 1.29–0.32 (80%)attempts 19–10goals 2–1

  2. Stepan – Noesen – Kotkaniemi6:57

    xG 0.44–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis8:57

    xG 0.40–0.21 (65%)attempts 8–13goals 2–0

  4. Stastny – Necas – Svechnikov10:41

    xG 0.07–0.36 (17%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Coghlan10:54

    xG 0.93–0.18 (84%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Chatfield15:50

    xG 0.77–0.66 (54%)attempts 14–19goals 2–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce15:44

    xG 0.46–0.50 (48%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Parise – Pageau – Barzal2:30

    xG 0.05–0.07 (45%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier7:49

    xG 0.45–0.56 (45%)attempts 13–7goals 1–4

  3. Cizikas – Lee – Barzal9:31

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  4. Parise – Pageau – Holmstrom8:22

    xG 0.05–0.22 (18%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pulock – Dobson3:57

    xG 0.04–0.35 (10%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Romanov13:25

    xG 0.21–0.54 (28%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  3. Pulock – Aho3:07

    xG 0.08–0.43 (16%)attempts 4–5goals 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.

NYI 2.2 xGCAR 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 71/100 · #438 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).