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Sun, Oct 17, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 72% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR010112011133
VAN2121729528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:37VANAndrew AlbertsAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Manny Malhotra · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:43VANMason RaymondPPGWGAssists: Jeff Tambellini, Mikael Samuelsson · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:38VANMikael SamuelssonAssists: Tanner Glass, Mason Raymond · Snap, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:13CARPatrick O'SullivanAssists: Tuomo Ruutu, Joe Corvo · Slap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:25VANMason RaymondAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:10VANRyan KeslerPPAssists: Christian Ehrhoff, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.04 xG1–5
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 8:11CARChad LaRose: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:44CARTuomo Ruutu: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:09VANJeff Tambellini: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 18:25VANAndrew Alberts: Interference2 min
  5. P2 5:48CARTom Kostopoulos: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:31VANMikael Samuelsson: Interference2 min
  7. P2 11:49VANJeff Tambellini: Holding2 min
  8. P3 9:29CARJoni Pitkanen: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 10:12VANMikael Samuelsson: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 11:37VANGuillaume Desbiens: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P3 13:27CARTuomo Ruutu: Hooking2 min · PPG
  12. P3 19:50VANJannik Hansen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 19:50CARChad LaRose: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  14. P3 19:50CARChad LaRose: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  15. P3 19:50VANJannik Hansen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← CAR attackVAN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARVAN
33Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals3.4
65Shot attempts70
23Faceoffs won36
6Power plays5
14Penalty minutes16
18Hits14
26Blocked shots15
3Giveaways7
7Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Samsonov – LaRose – Skinner3:08

    xG 0.02–0.04 (38%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – O'Sullivan – Sutter7:37

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Samsonov – Cole – Skinner2:16

    xG 0.05–0.19 (22%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Kostopoulos – Dwyer – Bowman4:09

    xG 0.13–0.31 (30%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPitkanen – Babchuk4:55

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Pitkanen – McBain4:49

    xG 0.22–0.81 (21%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Gleason10:33

    xG 0.18–0.86 (17%)attempts 7–17goals 1–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Tambellini – Hansen6:05

    xG 0.95–0.18 (84%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Raymond7:45

    xG 0.44–0.10 (82%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Malhotra – Samuelsson – Torres4:06

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Schaefer – Desbiens – Glass2:44

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Bieksa8:01

    xG 1.38–0.32 (81%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Alberts – Rome6:30

    xG 0.36–0.13 (73%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Ehrhoff – Edler9:26

    xG 0.35–0.26 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 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.

VAN 3.4 xGCAR 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #886 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 72% of the time.

VAN winsCAR wins

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

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