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Sat, Nov 4, 2023·UBS Arena, Elmont

Carolina Hurricanes 4, New York Islanders 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR01311321911446
NYI111280501325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:40NYINoah DobsonAssists: Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:11NYISimon HolmstromSHAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:46NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Bo Horvat, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:18CARJalen ChatfieldAssists: Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:19CARDmitry OrlovAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Andrei Svechnikov · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:26CARJesperi KotkaniemiPPAssists: Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:14CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Martin Necas, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:34CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:22NYIMathew Barzal: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:31CARBrent Burns: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:31NYIBrock Nelson: Interference2 min
  5. P2 2:59NYIMathew Barzal: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 13:26NYIScott Mayfield: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
46Shots on goal25
3.1Expected goals2.4
101Shot attempts38
35Faceoffs won31
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
22Hits21
7Blocked shots28
5Giveaways15
7Takeaways6

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 – Martinook13:07

    xG 0.65–0.17 (79%)attempts 30–6goals 1–0

  2. Noesen – Lemieux – Drury7:12

    xG 0.37–0.02 (94%)attempts 15–1goals 0–0

  3. Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi7:05

    xG 0.18–0.36 (34%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  4. Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis10:57

    xG 0.41–1.02 (28%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin17:43

    xG 1.02–0.67 (60%)attempts 39–11goals 0–0

  2. Orlov – Skjei7:30

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  3. Orlov – DeAngelo6:58

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Horvat – Barzal14:35

    xG 0.82–0.39 (68%)attempts 15–18goals 1–0

  2. Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall9:54

    xG 0.65–0.28 (70%)attempts 7–22goals 0–1

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas5:42

    xG 0.02–0.36 (6%)attempts 1–12goals 0–0

  4. Pageau – Fasching – Holmstrom10:20

    xG 0.06–0.47 (11%)attempts 3–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAho – Dobson9:09

    xG 0.68–0.16 (81%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Dobson – Romanov2:42

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Bolduc7:13

    xG 0.13–0.18 (43%)attempts 1–16goals 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 2.4 xGCAR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #188 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 62% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

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

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