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Mon, Nov 30, 2009·RBC Center, Raleigh

Washington Capitals 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 60% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WSH26111016333
CAR116012111239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:35CARJoe CorvoPPAssists: Tuomo Ruutu, Eric Staal · Backhand, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:11WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: Alex Ovechkin, Alexandre Giroux · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:20WSHEric FehrAssists: Nicklas Backstrom · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:53WSHNicklas BackstromGWGAssists: Eric Fehr · Backhand, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:44CARMatt CullenAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Eric Staal · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 2:59WSHMathieu Perreault: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:05WSHAlex Ovechkin: Kneeing5 min
  3. P1 12:05WSHAlex Ovechkin: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P2 4:06WSHBrooks Laich: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 5:50WSHTomas Fleischmann: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:56CARSergei Samsonov: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 18:45CARTom Kostopoulos: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 19:51CARAndrew Alberts: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 0:22WSHNicklas Backstrom: Interference2 min
  10. P3 6:36CARTim Gleason: Boarding2 min
  11. P3 6:57WSHEric Fehr: High sticking2 min
  12. P3 11:58CARAndrew Alberts: Boarding2 min
  13. P3 14:25WSHTyler Sloan: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 14:25CAREric Staal: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 14:25CARTim Gleason: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 17:21WSHEric Fehr: High sticking2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← WSH attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Morrison won the faceoff against Cullen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHCAR
33Shots on goal39
2.6Expected goals3.1
59Shot attempts73
38Faceoffs won36
5Power plays7
29Penalty minutes22
21Hits45
23Blocked shots16
4Giveaways11
8Takeaways13

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 3.1 xGWSH 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #849 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50CAR 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 60% of the time.

CAR winsWSH wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).