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Sun, Apr 2, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

New York Islanders 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 89% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI170708122
CAR01511317235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:33NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Pierre Engvall, Scott Mayfield · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:27CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Stefan Noesen · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:31CARJordan MartinookGWGAssists: Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:47CARPaul Stastny: Holding2 min
  2. P3 5:04NYINoah Dobson: Boarding2 min
  3. P3 15:24CARSebastian Aho: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 17:31NYISebastian Aho: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICAR
22Shots on goal35
1.6Expected goals4.3
47Shot attempts67
28Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits11
17Blocked shots13
6Giveaways7
2Takeaways6

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall10:58

    xG 0.23–0.45 (34%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Parise – Bailey – Pageau9:52

    xG 0.21–0.48 (30%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  3. Lee – Fasching – Horvat9:50

    xG 0.22–0.61 (26%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:31

    xG 0.08–0.53 (14%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Aho5:11

    xG 0.24–0.05 (83%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Pulock – Bolduc3:05

    xG 0.04–0.04 (49%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech4:08

    xG 0.08–0.25 (23%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNoesen – Puljujarvi – Kotkaniemi11:54

    xG 0.81–0.33 (71%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Stastny – Stepan – Jarvis9:28

    xG 0.52–0.06 (90%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – Aho – Necas11:51

    xG 0.68–0.23 (75%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  4. Staal – Fast – Drury9:59

    xG 0.60–0.23 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin16:41

    xG 1.11–0.21 (84%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce16:01

    xG 1.11–0.38 (75%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Chatfield14:05

    xG 0.69–0.20 (78%)attempts 12–11goals 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 4.3 xGNYI 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #1122 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 89% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

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

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