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Sat, Nov 6, 2010·RBC Center, Raleigh

Florida Panthers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0405211220
CAR0911129329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:51CAREric StaalPPAssists: Sergei Samsonov, Jeff Skinner · Slap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:21CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Erik Cole, Tuomo Ruutu · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:21FLADarcy HordichukAssists: Mike Weaver · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:41CAREric StaalGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:17FLAMichael FrolikAssists: Bryan McCabe, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:03FLABryan McCabe: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:30CARJon Matsumoto: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:09FLADarcy Hordichuk: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:22FLAMike Santorelli: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:45FLAStephen Weiss: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:20CARPatrick Dwyer: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 8:01FLADavid Booth: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Reasoner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACAR
20Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals3.2
49Shot attempts66
35Faceoffs won24
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
22Hits30
26Blocked shots19
5Giveaways6
3Takeaways12

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDvorak – Reasoner – Higgins9:42

    xG 0.30–0.06 (83%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Reinprecht – Hordichuk – Santorelli2:44

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  3. Weiss – Booth – Frolik3:55

    xG 0.16–0.12 (58%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Reinprecht – Booth – Santorelli2:10

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Wideman2:26

    xG 0.17–0.02 (87%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. McCabe – Ellerby11:23

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Kulikov2:55

    xG 0.04–0.06 (42%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSamsonov – LaRose – Staal13:14

    xG 0.63–0.34 (65%)attempts 23–10goals 1–0

  2. Kostopoulos – Jokinen – Matsumoto4:46

    xG 0.18–0.03 (86%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Ruutu – Skinner9:59

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Dwyer – Tlusty – Sutter12:10

    xG 0.13–0.31 (30%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – McBain14:29

    xG 0.64–0.26 (71%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  2. Babchuk – Carson6:49

    xG 0.11–0.03 (78%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Harrison14:10

    xG 0.48–0.48 (50%)attempts 21–9goals 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.

CAR 3.2 xGFLA 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #798 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 70% of the time.

CAR winsFLA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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