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Sun, Mar 12, 2023·Prudential Center, Newark

Carolina Hurricanes 0, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 58% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0901409032
NJD2911004323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:44NJDJack HughesGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:47NJDJesper BrattAssists: Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:31NJDJesper BrattAssists: Jack Hughes · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:52CARJordan Martinook: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:21CARJesse Puljujarvi: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:21NJDRyan Graves: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 12:36NJDErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 16:02NJDMiles Wood: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 1:27NJDTimo Meier: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 12:31CARJordan Staal: 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 SOG0NJD
49% to win51% to win
← CAR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Haula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNJD
32Shots on goal23
3.0Expected goals3.5
71Shot attempts49
32Faceoffs won19
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
12Hits14
14Blocked shots17
10Giveaways14
3Takeaways13

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. bestAho – Puljujarvi – Jarvis11:03

    xG 1.48–0.45 (77%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Stepan – Noesen6:08

    xG 0.32–0.27 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Fast – Martinook11:57

    xG 0.22–0.31 (42%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  4. Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi9:34

    xG 0.17–0.49 (26%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin11:17

    xG 0.97–0.48 (67%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Slavin2:21

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Gostisbehere8:56

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Wood – Bastian – McLeod6:48

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Meier – Bratt – Hughes8:49

    xG 0.43–0.58 (42%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Tatar – Hischier – Mercer10:37

    xG 0.32–0.67 (32%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Palat – Boqvist8:47

    xG 0.15–0.56 (21%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Siegenthaler13:52

    xG 0.68–0.48 (59%)attempts 13–13goals 2–0

  2. Severson – Bahl11:10

    xG 0.37–0.62 (38%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

  3. Graves – Marino13:23

    xG 0.50–0.94 (35%)attempts 11–22goals 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 3.5 xGCAR 3.0 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 7/100 · #1258 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NJD 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 58% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

Simulated goal difference (NJD − CAR), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).