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Sun, Mar 30, 2025·Lenovo Center, Raleigh

New York Islanders 4, Carolina Hurricanes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 67% of the time.

CAR winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2919113431
CAR21426210630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:41CARMark JankowskiAssists: Eric Robinson, Tyson Jost · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:54CARLogan StankovenAssists: Jordan Martinook · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 6:10NYIPierre EngvallAssists: Adam Pelech · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P1 11:27NYIKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Noah Dobson, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:37NYIPierre EngvallUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:35CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P2 17:29CARSeth JarvisSHAssists: Sebastian Aho, Jaccob Slavin · Snap, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 4:05NYIAnders LeeAssists: Bo Horvat, Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–4
  9. P3 9:19CARDmitry OrlovGWGAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Tyson Jost · Slap, 0.04 xG4–5
  10. P3 17:14CARSeth JarvisAssists: Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.34 xG4–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:30NYINoah Dobson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:17CARAndrei Svechnikov: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:53NYIHudson Fasching: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 18:46CARAndrei Svechnikov: Holding2 min
  5. P2 7:29NYIMaxim Tsyplakov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:02NYINoah Dobson: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:38CARJalen Chatfield: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 18:43CARLogan Stankoven: Too many men on the ice2 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
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kotkaniemi won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICAR
31Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals3.9
54Shot attempts57
35Faceoffs won26
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
23Hits8
9Blocked shots11
15Giveaways20
9Takeaways12

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. Cizikas – Fasching – Engvall9:36

    xG 0.41–0.42 (49%)attempts 10–7goals 2–1

  2. Palmieri – Lee – Horvat9:28

    xG 0.23–0.60 (28%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

  3. MacLean – Gatcomb – Tsyplakov7:40

    xG 0.03–0.49 (6%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Pageau – Duclair – Holmstrom9:36

    xG 0.15–0.70 (17%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pelech – DeAngelo12:53

    xG 0.31–0.68 (32%)attempts 11–9goals 2–1

  2. Pulock – Dobson10:43

    xG 0.07–0.51 (12%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

  3. Boqvist – Romanov10:54

    xG 0.03–0.53 (4%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestAho – Jarvis – Blake10:23

    xG 1.33–0.13 (91%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

  2. Hall – Jankowski – Robinson2:35

    xG 0.30–0.03 (90%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – Kotkaniemi – Stankoven8:56

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  4. Jankowski – Jost – Robinson3:51

    xG 0.18–0.01 (93%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin13:44

    xG 1.49–0.22 (87%)attempts 18–8goals 2–1

  2. Orlov – Chatfield15:48

    xG 0.80–0.22 (78%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Walker9:35

    xG 0.55–0.40 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

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.

CAR 3.9 xGNYI 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 95/100 · #66 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 67% 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).