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Tue, Nov 9, 2010·RBC Center, Raleigh

Edmonton Oilers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 90% of the time.

CAR winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM090716122
CAR412114216742

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:26CARPatrick DwyerAssists: Brandon Sutter, Jiri Tlusty · Deflected, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:15CARErik ColePPGWGAssists: Jeff Skinner, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P1 4:10CARJoe CorvoPPAssists: Jeff Skinner, Eric Staal · Snap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P1 7:19CARChad LaRoseAssists: Eric Staal, Joni Pitkanen · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–4
  5. P2 4:49CARJoe CorvoPPAssists: Jussi Jokinen, Brandon Sutter · Slap, 0.04 xG0–5
  6. P3 1:06CARSergei SamsonovAssists: Eric Staal, Joni Pitkanen · Backhand, 0.03 xG0–6
  7. P3 5:21EDMDustin PennerAssists: Kurtis Foster, Ryan Whitney · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–6
  8. P3 7:48CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Tuomo Ruutu · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–7
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:57EDMDustin Penner: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:41EDMZack Stortini: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:27EDMSteve MacIntyre: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 3:29EDMTom Gilbert: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:19CARJay Harrison: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 7:42CARPatrick Dwyer: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 10:29EDMAndrew Cogliano: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 17:18CARTom Kostopoulos: Holding2 min
  9. P3 8:16CARBrandon Sutter: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 9:25EDMKurtis Foster: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 16:04EDMTheo Peckham: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 16:04EDMTheo Peckham: Misconduct10 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCAR
22Shots on goal42
2.3Expected goals5.7
54Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won30
4Power plays7
24Penalty minutes8
29Hits24
14Blocked shots16
10Giveaways9
6Takeaways11

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Gagner – Paajarvi2:21

    xG 0.25–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Penner – Cogliano – Eberle4:09

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Brule – Paajarvi4:37

    xG 0.12–0.03 (83%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Fraser – Stortini – MacIntyre2:01

    xG 0.04–0.03 (55%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhitney – Peckham6:36

    xG 0.48–0.19 (72%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  2. Whitney – Smid2:15

    xG 0.02–0.05 (31%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Foster – Whitney4:27

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Tlusty – Sutter9:34

    xG 0.74–0.05 (93%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Ruutu – Skinner7:11

    xG 0.57–0.40 (59%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  3. Kostopoulos – Jokinen – Matsumoto9:57

    xG 0.22–0.26 (45%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Samsonov – LaRose – Staal8:52

    xG 0.58–0.66 (47%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPitkanen – McBain13:44

    xG 0.96–0.35 (73%)attempts 16–6goals 2–0

  2. Corvo – Gleason11:14

    xG 0.56–0.59 (49%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

  3. Harrison – Babchuk11:10

    xG 0.16–0.41 (28%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

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.

CAR 5.7 xGEDM 2.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CAREDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1040 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 90% of the time.

CAR winsEDM wins

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

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