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Sat, Dec 7, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 60% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR11012119331
NYI01141202425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:43CARAndrei SvechnikovPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:05NYIJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Noah Dobson, Maxim Tsyplakov · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:23CARAndrei SvechnikovPPAssists: Seth Jarvis, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:06NYIOliver WahlstromUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:16NYIMaxim TsyplakovAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P2 18:55NYIBo HorvatGWGAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:11CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Martin Necas · Snap, 0.04 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:21CARJalen Chatfield: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:15CARJack Drury: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:37NYIScott Mayfield: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:43NYIRyan Pulock: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:50NYIAnders Lee: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:54CARPyotr Kochetkov: Interference2 min
  7. P3 12:54NYIAnders Lee: Interference goalkeeper2 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
43% to win57% to win
← CAR attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNYI
31Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals2.9
83Shot attempts48
32Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits25
8Blocked shots32
10Giveaways14
12Takeaways5

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 – Roslovic – Svechnikov6:13

    xG 0.17–0.09 (65%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Martinook – Aho – Jarvis3:42

    xG 0.07–0.01 (82%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Necas – Svechnikov2:56

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Robinson – Kotkaniemi – Blake2:19

    xG 0.01–0.04 (25%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Burns – Slavin15:00

    xG 0.40–0.60 (40%)attempts 19–13goals 0–1

  2. Orlov – Chatfield15:20

    xG 0.59–1.06 (36%)attempts 24–14goals 0–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Walker12:30

    xG 0.12–0.66 (15%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPageau – Horvat – Tsyplakov9:27

    xG 0.80–0.30 (73%)attempts 10–9goals 3–0

  2. Cizikas – Wahlstrom – Holmstrom8:09

    xG 0.48–0.10 (83%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Fasching – MacLean6:56

    xG 0.38–0.15 (71%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Palmieri – Lee – Nelson11:26

    xG 0.52–0.47 (52%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Cholowski9:36

    xG 0.52–0.12 (82%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Dobson – George14:56

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 9–23goals 1–0

  3. Pulock – Romanov14:06

    xG 0.66–0.47 (58%)attempts 11–18goals 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 2.9 xGCAR 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 59/100 · #537 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NYI 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, New York Islanders win this game 60% of the time.

NYI winsCAR wins

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

-7
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-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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