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Tue, Mar 19, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Carolina Hurricanes 4, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 69% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR31401119434
NYI08011112131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:48CARSeth JarvisAssists: Brady Skjei, Jake Guentzel · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:53CARSeth JarvisGWGAssists: Jake Guentzel, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:58CARMartin NecasPPAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P3 4:30NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:22CARJake GuentzelENAssists: Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.61 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:43CARMartin Necas: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:12NYIAdam Pelech: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P3 19:04NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 19:04CARBrendan Lemieux: Fighting5 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
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacLean won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
34Shots on goal31
3.3Expected goals2.2
64Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won17
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
15Hits20
13Blocked shots15
11Giveaways18
5Takeaways9

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. bestGuentzel – Aho – Jarvis12:50

    xG 0.85–0.08 (91%)attempts 20–5goals 2–0

  2. Staal – Fast – Martinook10:46

    xG 0.63–0.09 (88%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Noesen – Lemieux – Kotkaniemi8:52

    xG 0.05–0.33 (14%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Kuznetsov – Necas – Svechnikov12:44

    xG 0.68–0.98 (41%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin16:59

    xG 0.72–0.32 (69%)attempts 19–16goals 1–1

  2. Skjei – Pesce16:25

    xG 0.82–0.81 (50%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

  3. Orlov – Chatfield15:33

    xG 0.14–0.31 (31%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Barzal – Holmstrom8:55

    xG 0.19–0.11 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Cizikas – Pageau – Fasching7:00

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – MacLean10:54

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Lee – Pageau – Barzal4:41

    xG 0.00–0.25 (1%)attempts 1–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock2:02

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Dobson – Romanov3:03

    xG 0.13–0.08 (63%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Pulock – Romanov14:14

    xG 0.64–0.62 (51%)attempts 7–13goals 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.

NYI 2.2 xGCAR 3.3 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 24/100 · #1028 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 69% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

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

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